We consider security threats in software installation processes, posed by transitively trusted dependencies between packages from distinct repositories. To analyse them, we present SecureNDC, a Coq implemented calculus using an explicit trust function to bridge repository access and software package installation rights. Thereby, we resolve a version of the minimum install problem under trust conditions on repositories.

Minimizing transitive trust threats in software management systems / J. Boender, G. Primiero, F. Raimondi - In: 2015 13th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST)[s.l] : IEEE, 2015. - ISBN 9781467378284. - pp. 191-198 (( Intervento presentato al 13. convegno Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST) tenutosi a Izmir nel 2015 [10.1109/PST.2015.7232973].

Minimizing transitive trust threats in software management systems

G. Primiero;
2015

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We consider security threats in software installation processes, posed by transitively trusted dependencies between packages from distinct repositories. To analyse them, we present SecureNDC, a Coq implemented calculus using an explicit trust function to bridge repository access and software package installation rights. Thereby, we resolve a version of the minimum install problem under trust conditions on repositories.
distrust; calculus
Settore M-FIL/02 - Logica e Filosofia della Scienza
2015
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