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@TECHREPORT{Necula98compilingwith,
author = {George Ciprian Necula},
title = {Compiling with Proofs},
institution = {},
year = {1998}
}
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One of the major challenges of building software systems is to ensure that the various components fit together in a well-defined manner. This problem is exacerbated by the recent advent of software components whose origin is unknown or inherently untrusted, such as mobile code or user extensions for operatingsystem kernels or database servers. Such extensions are useful for implementing an e#cient interaction model between a client and a server because several data exchanges between them can be saved at the cost of a single code exchange. In this dissertation, I propose to tackle such system integrity and security problems with techniques from mathematical logic and programming-language semantics. I propose a framework, called proof-carrying code, in which the extension provider sends along with the extension code a representation of a formal proof that the code meets certain safety and correctness requirements. Then, the code receiver can ensure the safety of executing the...
