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Formal Correctness of Security Protocols: With 62 Figures and 4 Tables

By Giampaolo Bella (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2007
ISBN
978-3-540-68134-2, 978-3-540-68136-6
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-68136-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3317360 bytes)
Series
Information Security and Cryptography
Edition
1
Pages
274\281
Time added
2014-02-12 18:00:00
Cryptology and Information Theory; Systems and DatMathematical Logic and Formal Languages; Data StruNetworks

Description

Computer network security is critical to fraud prevention and accountability. Network participants are required to observe predefined steps called security protocols, whose proof of correctness is evidence that each protocol step preserves some desired properties. The author investigates proofs of correctness of realistic security protocols in a formal, intuitive setting. The protocols examined include Kerberos versions, smartcard protocols, non-repudiation protocols, and certified email protocols. The method of analysis, the Inductive Method in the theorem prover Isabelle, turns out to be both powerful and flexible. This research advances significant extensions to the method of analysis, while the findings on the protocols analysed are novel and illuminating. This book will benefit researchers and graduate students in the fields of formal methods, information security, inductive methods, and networking.

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