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A new logic for verification of security policies is proposed. The logic, HyperLTL, extends linear-time temporal logic (LTL) with connectives for explicit and simultaneous quantification over multiple execution paths, thereby enabling…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-07-10 Masoud Koleini , Michael R. Clarkson , Kristopher K. Micinski

We introduce a functional inductive framework to verify discrete-time dynamical systems against hyperproperties specified as Hyperlinear temporal logic formulae via a notion of HyperCertificates. Unlike linear temporal logic (LTL) formulae…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-04 Vishnu Murali , Amin Falah , Ashutosh Trivedi , Majid Zamani

Temporal hyperproperties are system properties that relate multiple execution traces. For (finite-state) hardware, temporal hyperproperties are supported by model checking algorithms, and tools for general temporal logics like HyperLTL…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-08-26 Raven Beutner , Bernd Finkbeiner

This paper shows that it is possible to reason about the safety and termination of programs handling potentially cyclic, singly-linked lists using propositional reasoning even when the safety invariants and termination arguments depend on…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-10-21 Cristina David , Daniel Kroening , Matt Lewis

We investigate the logical foundations of hyperproperties. Hyperproperties generalize trace properties, which are sets of traces, to sets of sets of traces. The most prominent application of hyperproperties is information flow security:…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-01-10 Bernd Finkbeiner , Martin Zimmermann

We map the space of soundness criteria for secure compilation based on the preservation of hyperproperties in arbitrary adversarial contexts, which we call robust hyperproperty preservation. For this, we study the preservation of several…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-12-21 Deepak Garg , Catalin Hritcu , Marco Patrignani , Marco Stronati , David Swasey

Hyperproperties, like observational determinism or symmetry, cannot be expressed as properties of individual computation traces, because they describe a relation between multiple computation traces. HyperLTL is a temporal logic that…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-06-23 Bernd Finkbeiner , Christopher Hahn

This thesis explores proofs by coupling from the perspective of formal verification. Long employed in probability theory and theoretical computer science, these proofs construct couplings between the output distributions of two…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-11-02 Justin Hsu

Verifying fine-grained optimistic concurrent programs remains an open problem. Modern program logics provide abstraction mechanisms and compositional reasoning principles to deal with the inherent complexity. However, their use is mostly…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2022-11-14 Roland Meyer , Thomas Wies , Sebastian Wolff

Proof by coupling is a classical proof technique for establishing probabilistic properties of two probabilistic processes, like stochastic dominance and rapid mixing of Markov chains. More recently, couplings have been investigated as a…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2017-04-04 Gilles Barthe , Thomas Espitau , Benjamin Grégoire , Justin Hsu , Pierre-Yves Strub

Relational properties arise in many settings: relating two versions of a program that use different data representations, noninterference properties for security, etc. The main ingredient of relational verification, relating aligned pairs…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-11-29 Anindya Banerjee , David A. Naumann , Mohammad Nikouei

As autonomy becomes prevalent in many applications, ranging from recommendation systems to fully autonomous vehicles, there is an increased need to provide safety guarantees for such systems. The problem is difficult, as these are large,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-10-22 Corina S. Pasareanu , Divya Gopinath , Huafeng Yu

Hyperproperties relate multiple executions of a program and are commonly used to specify security and information-flow policies. Most existing work has focused on the verification of $k$-safety properties, i.e., properties that state that…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-03-07 Raven Beutner

We present a logical framework for the verification of relational properties in imperative programs. Our work is motivated by relational properties which come from security applications and often require reasoning about formulas with…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-08-13 Gilles Barthe , Renate Eilers , Pamina Georgiou , Bernhard Gleiss , Laura Kovacs , Matteo Maffei

A promising approach to defend against side channel attacks is to build programs that are leakage resilient, in a formal sense. One such formal notion of leakage resilience is the n-threshold-probing model proposed in the seminal work by…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-10-31 Arthur Blot , Masaki Yamamoto , Tachio Terauchi

Hyperproperties are system properties that relate multiple execution traces and commonly occur when specifying information-flow and security policies. Logics like HyperLTL utilize explicit quantification over execution traces to express…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Raven Beutner , Bernd Finkbeiner

In previous work, summarized in this paper, we proposed an operation of parallel composition for rewriting-logic theories, allowing compositional specification of systems and reusability of components. The present paper focuses on…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Óscar Martín , Alberto Verdejo , Narciso Martí-Oliet

HyperLTL is an extension of linear-time temporal logic for the specification of hyperproperties, i.e., temporal properties that relate multiple computation traces. HyperLTL can express information flow policies as well as properties like…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-05-18 Norine Coenen , Bernd Finkbeiner , César Sánchez , Leander Tentrup

Hyperproperties govern the behavior of a system or systems across multiple executions, and are being recognized as an important extension of regular temporal properties. So far, such properties have resisted comprehensive treatment by…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-02-02 Shachar Itzhaky , Sharon Shoham , Yakir Vizel

(CROPPED TO FIT IN ARXIV'S SILLY LIMIT. SEE PDF FOR COMPLETE ABSTRACT.) We are the first to thoroughly explore a large space of formal secure compilation criteria based on robust property preservation, i.e., the preservation of properties…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2020-11-18 Carmine Abate , Roberto Blanco , Deepak Garg , Catalin Hritcu , Marco Patrignani , Jérémy Thibault