Affiliations: [a] Dipartimento di Informatica, Università di Pisa, Via F. Buonarroti 2, I-56127 Pisa, Italy. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] | [b] Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, Richard Petersens Plads bldg 321, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Abstract: We methodically expand protocol narrations into terms of a process algebra in order to specify some of the checks that need to be made in a protocol. We then apply static analysis technology to develop an automatic validation procedure for protocols. Finally, we demonstrate that these techniques suffice to identify several authentication flaws in symmetric and asymmetric key protocols such as Needham–Schroeder symmetric key, Otway–Rees, Yahalom, Andrew Secure RPC, Needham–Schroeder asymmetric key, and Beller–Chang–Yacobi MSR.
Keywords: Formal methods, program analysis, control flow analysis, process algebras
