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Quantitative Verification of Opacity Properties in Security Systems

Cryptography and Security 2022-06-30 v1

Abstract

We delineate a methodology for the specification and verification of flow security properties expressible in the opacity framework. We propose a logic, OpacTL , for straightforwardly expressing such properties in systems that can be modelled as partially observable labelled transition systems.We develop verification techniques for analysing property opacity with respect to observation notions. Adding a probabilistic operator to the specification language enables quantitative analysis and verification. This analysis is implemented as an extension to the PRISM model checker and illustrated via a number of examples. Finally, an alternative approach to quantifying the opacity property based on entropy is sketched.

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@article{arxiv.2206.14317,
  title  = {Quantitative Verification of Opacity Properties in Security Systems},
  author = {Chunyan Mu and David Clark},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.14317},
  year   = {2022}
}
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