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A unifying Petri net model of non-interference and non-deducibility information flow security

A unifying Petri net model of non-interference and non-deducibility information flow security
A unifying Petri net model of non-interference and non-deducibility information flow security
In this paper we introduce FIFO Information Flow Nets (FIFN) as a model for describing information flow security properties. The FIFN is based on Petri nets and has been derived from the work described in [Var89], [Var90] and [Rou86]. Using this new model, we present the information flow security properties Non-Interference between Places (which corresponds to Non-Interference) and Non-Deducibility on Views (which corresponds to Non-Deducibility on Inputs). Then we consider a very general composition operation and show that neither Non-Interference on Places nor Non-Deducibility on Views is preserved under this composition operation. This leads us to a new definition of information flow security referred to as the Feedback Non-Deducibility on Views. We then show that this definition is preserved under the composition operation. This leads us to a new definition of information flow security referred to as the Feedback Non-Deducibility on Views. We then show that this definition is preserved under the composition operation. We then show some similarities between this property and the notion of Non-Deducibility on Strategies.
information flow security, non-deducibility, non-interference, petri nets
Varadharajan, V.
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Sassone, V.
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Varadharajan, V.
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Sassone, V.
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Varadharajan, V. and Sassone, V. (1991) A unifying Petri net model of non-interference and non-deducibility information flow security

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Abstract

In this paper we introduce FIFO Information Flow Nets (FIFN) as a model for describing information flow security properties. The FIFN is based on Petri nets and has been derived from the work described in [Var89], [Var90] and [Rou86]. Using this new model, we present the information flow security properties Non-Interference between Places (which corresponds to Non-Interference) and Non-Deducibility on Views (which corresponds to Non-Deducibility on Inputs). Then we consider a very general composition operation and show that neither Non-Interference on Places nor Non-Deducibility on Views is preserved under this composition operation. This leads us to a new definition of information flow security referred to as the Feedback Non-Deducibility on Views. We then show that this definition is preserved under the composition operation. This leads us to a new definition of information flow security referred to as the Feedback Non-Deducibility on Views. We then show that this definition is preserved under the composition operation. We then show some similarities between this property and the notion of Non-Deducibility on Strategies.

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Published date: February 1991
Keywords: information flow security, non-deducibility, non-interference, petri nets
Organisations: Web & Internet Science

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Local EPrints ID: 261871
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/261871
PURE UUID: aee1ec96-d4ae-4693-bf50-0c2e6d856927
ORCID for V. Sassone: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6432-1482

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Date deposited: 28 Jan 2006
Last modified: 10 Sep 2024 01:40

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Author: V. Varadharajan
Author: V. Sassone ORCID iD

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