The foundations of a provably secure operating system (PSOS) (1979) [pdf]
TLDR
- 1979 technical paper laying formal foundations for PSOS, an OS designed with mathematical proof of security properties.
Key Takeaways
- Paper (1979) targets provable security guarantees at the OS level, predating modern formal verification by decades.
- PSOS represents early research into capability-based, formally specified operating system design.
- Relevant to current work in verified kernels (seL4, Rust-based OS projects) as a historical foundation.
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