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An Abstract Interpretation Framework for Analysing Mobile Ambients

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Static Analysis (SAS 2001)

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We introduce an abstract interpretation framework for Mobile Ambients, based on a new fixed-point semantics. Then, we derive within this setting two analyses computing a safe approximation of a property about the run-time topological structure of processes which is relevant to security.

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Levi, F., Maffeis, S. (2001). An Abstract Interpretation Framework for Analysing Mobile Ambients. In: Cousot, P. (eds) Static Analysis. SAS 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2126. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-47764-0_23

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