Protection of System Layer Affordances

With more and more open systems connected to the Internet security is perhaps the most important attribute of modern software systems. A large problem when creating secure systems is developers misunderstanding or incorrectly assuming how objects behave. In this paper I describe how such incorrect a...

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Main Author: Mellstrand, Per
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för programvaruteknik och datavetenskap 2002
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4212
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Summary:With more and more open systems connected to the Internet security is perhaps the most important attribute of modern software systems. A large problem when creating secure systems is developers misunderstanding or incorrectly assuming how objects behave. In this paper I describe how such incorrect assumption can result in large problems in software systems, under which conditions these problems typically appear and a method that can be used to reduce the number of software defects caused by incorrect assumption. === Tele: 070-6470393 eller 0457-79875