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Formal Models of Operating System Kernels

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  • © 2007

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Authors:
  1. Iain D. Craig
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  • First book to provide formal specifications for kernels
  • Clear descriptions of how kernels are central to the functioning of computers, with particular reference to the security and reliability of the operating system
  • Takes a prescriptive rather than the usual descriptive approach

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-16

  3. Standard and Generic Components

    Pages 17-54

  4. A Simple Kernel

    Pages 55-85

  5. A Swapping Kernel

    Pages 87-202

  6. Using Messages in the Swapping Kernel

    Pages 203-238

  7. Virtual Storage

    Pages 239-312

  8. Final Remarks

    Pages 313-317

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 319-333
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About this book

The work that this book represents is something I have wanted to do since 1979. While in Ireland, probably in 2001, I sketched some parts of a small operating system speci?cation in Z but left it because of other duties. In 2002, I worked on the sketches again but was interrupted. Finally, in April, 2005, I decided to devote some time to it and produced what amounted to a ?rst version of the kernel to be found in Chapter 3 of this book. I even produced a few proofs, just to show that I was not on a completely insane tack. I decided to suggest the material as the subject of a book to Beverley Ford. The material was sent on a Thursday (I think). The following Monday, I received an email from her saying that it had gone out for review. The review process took less than 2 weeks; the response was as surprising as it was encouraging: a de?nite acceptance. So I got on with it. This book is intended as a new way to approach operating systems - sign in general, and kernel design in particular. It was partly driven by the old ambition mentioned above, by the need for greater clarity where it comes to kernels and by the need, as I see it, for a better foundation for operating systemsdesign.Securityaspects,too,playedapart—asnotedintheintrod- tory chapter, if a system’s kernel is insecure or unreliable, it will undermine attemptstoconstructsecuresoftwareontopofit.Securitydoesnototherwise play a part in this book.

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