Outline for April 27, 2004

  1. BLP: formally
    1. Elements of system: si subjects, oi objects,
    2. State space V = B × M × F × H where:
      B set of current accesses (i.e., access modes each subject has currently to each object);
      M access permission matrix;
      F consists of 3 functions: fs is security level associated with each subject, fo security level associated with each object, and fc current security level for each subject
      H hierarchy of system objects, functions h: O->P(O) with two properties:
      If oi ≠ oj, then h(oi) ∩ h(oj) = Ø
      There is no set { o1, ..., ok } ⊆ O such that for each i, oi+1 ∈ h(oi) and oi+1 = o1.
    3. Set of requests is R
    4. Set of decisions is D
    5. W ⊆ R × D × V × V is motion from one state to another.
    6. System Σ(R, D, W, z0) ⊆ X × Y × Z such that (x, y, z) ∈ Σ(R, D, W, z0) iff (xt, yt, zt, zt-1) ∈ W for each i ∈ T; latter is an action of system
    7. Theorem: Σ(R, D, W, z0) satisfies the simple security property for any initial state z0 that satisfies the simple security property iff W satisfies the following conditions for each action (ri, di, (b´, m´, f´, h´), (b, m, f, h)):
      (i) each (s, o, x) ∈ b´ - b satisfies the simple security condition relative to f´ (i.e., x is not read, or x is read and fs(s) dominates fo(o))
      (ii) if (s, o, x) ∈ b does not satisfy the simple security condition relative to f´, then (s, o, x) ∉ b´
    8. Theorem: Σ(R, D, W, z0) satisfies the *-property relative to S´ ⊆ S for any initial state z0 that satisfies the *-property relative to S´ ⊆ S iff W satisfies the following conditions for each action (ri, di, (b´, m´, f´, h´), (b, m, f, h)):
      (i) for each s ∈ S´, any (s, o, x) ∈ b´ - b satisfies the *-property with respect to f´ (ii) for each s ∈ S´, if (s, o, x) ∈ b does not satisfy the *-property with respect to f´, then (s, o, x) ∉ b´
    9. Theorem: Σ(R, D, W, z0) satisfies the ds-property for any initial state z0 that satisfies the ds-property iff W satisfies the following conditions for each action (ri, di, (b´, m´, f´, h´), (b, m, f, h)):
      (i) if (s, o, x) ∈ b´ - b, then x ∈ m´[s, o];
      (ii) if (s, o, x) ∈ b and x ∉ m´[s, o], then (s, o, x) ∉ b´
    10. Basic Security Theorem: A system Σ(R, D, W, z0) is secure iff z0 is a secure state and W satisfies the conditions of the above three theorems for each action.
  2. BLP: formally
    1. Define ssc-preserving, *-property-preserving, ds-property-preserving
    2. Define relation W(ω)
    3. Show conditions under which rules are ssc-preserving, *-property-preserving, ds-property-preserving
    4. Show when adding a state preserves those properties
    5. Example instantiation: get-read for Multics
  3. Tranquility
    1. Strong tranquility
    2. Weak tranquility
  4. System Z and the controversy
  5. Goals of integrity policies


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