[Cryptography] Formal Verification (was Re: Trust & randomness in computer systems)
Ray Dillinger
bear at sonic.net
Sat Mar 19 17:27:35 EDT 2016
On 03/18/2016 01:24 PM, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 11:45:59AM -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote:
>> It does not matter because the specification itself
>> contained a bug.
>
> There was no bug. Just verification of a part of a system. A
> verified wheel on a car does not prevent fatal accidents, but that's
> not a bug a formal verification of wheels.
You're right. My point was that it is a bug in the formal specification
of cars. And it's cars whose correctness people rely on.
Bear
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