Linux - Open Source White Papers
Model Checking an Entire Linux Distribution for Security Violations
Overview Software model checking has become a popular tool for verifying programs' behavior. Recent results suggest that it is viable for finding and eradicating security bugs quickly. However, even state-of-the-art model checkers are limited in use when they report an overwhelming number of false positives, or when their lengthy running time dwarfs other software development processes. In this paper, the authors report the experiences with software model checking for security properties on an extremely large scale - an entire Linux distribution consisting of 839 packages and 60 million lines of code.
| Publisher | University of California | File Format | |
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| Date Published | April 2007 | ||
| Format | White Papers | ||
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