Instruction Manual

Hewlett-Packard Company—527243-004
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Software Identification (SWID)
User’s Guide
Glossary Index
What’s New in This Manual v
Manual Information v
New and Changed Information v
About This Manual vii
Who Should Use This Guide vii
How This Guide is Organized vii
Notation Conventions viii
1. SWID Overview
What is Fingerprinting? 1-1
Available Fingerprints 1-1
Current Fingerprint 1-1
Composite Fingerprint 1-1
Original Fingerprint 1-2
Interpreting File Fingerprints 1-2
Computing File Fingerprints 1-2
Operations That Do Not Change the Fingerprint 1-2
Operations That Do Change the Fingerprint 1-3
System Requirements
1-3
Target Users
1-3
2. Running SWID
Installing SWID 2-1
Invoking SWID 2-1
Sample File Set 2-2
Sample SWID Invocation 2-2
SWID Output 2-3
Security Issues 2-5
Execution 2-5
IN File 2-6
OUT File 2-6
Files to Be Fingerprinted 2-6