Animation of Natural Language Specifications of Authentication Protocols

automatic verification of authentication protocols using genetic programming

implicit and unobserved errors and vulnerabilities issues usually arise in cryptographic protocols and especially in authentication protocols. this may enable an attacker to make serious damages to the desired system, such as having the access to or changing secret documents, interfering in bank transactions, having access to users’ accounts, or may be having the control all over the syste...

A Translation Method from Natural Language Specifications of Communication Protocols into Algebraic Specifications Using Contextual Dependencies

SUMMARY This paper presents a method of translating natural language specifications of communication protocols into algebraic specifications. Such a natural language specification specifies action sequences performed by the protocol machine (program). Usually, a sentence implicitly specifies the state of the protocol machine at which the described actions must be performed. The authors propose ...

Using Animation to Improve Formal Specifications of Security Protocols

The verification of cryptographic protocols has greatly improved these last years. Automated tools such as AVISPA provide real help in finding and characterizing attacks. The counterpart is the formal specification of the protocol, using an appropriate language such as HLPSL. Since HLPSL is a very expressive language, this stage is complicated and error-prone before a correct specification is e...

Understanding Natural Language Software Specifications

The use of natural language (NL) in the specification of software is subject to numerous potential errors due to ambiguities inherent within the descriptions, inappropriate interpretations by technical writers, and inconsistencies among existing documents. This paper summarizes the NL input sub-system of GATOR, a system designed to aid telephony feature designers in the specification of new fea...

— Title : Implementation of Natural Language Specifications