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code-lift

code-lift verb: to copy an entire function without understanding it to use outside a secured system.

Verb

code-lift (third-person singular simple present code-lifts, present participle code-lifting, simple past and past participle code-lifted)

  1. To copy an entire function without understanding it to use outside a secured system
    • I decided to address all the encoding layers of DroidGuard through code lifting2022, Romain Thomas, “DroidGuard: A Deep Dive into SafetyNet”, in SSTIC
    • a white-box implementation is besides the point if the attacker can easily code-lift the white-box as a whole2017 August 22, “Assessing Software Protection Schemes”, in OWASP Mobile Security Testing Guide

Forms of code-lift

third-person singular presentcode-lifts
present participlecode-lifting
past participlecode-lifted
pastcode-lifted

Questions about code-lift

What does code-lift mean?
Code-lift means to copy an entire function without understanding it to use outside a secured system.
What part of speech is code-lift?
Code-lift is a verb.
What is the past tense of code-lift?
The past tense of code-lift is code-lifted.

Words near code-lift in the dictionary

  1. code word
  2. code words
  3. code yellow
  4. code-behind
  5. code-first
  6. code-lift
  7. code-lifted
  8. code-lifting
  9. code-lifts
  10. code-mix
  11. code-mixed

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