The NRL Protocol Analyzer: An Overview

Abstract

The NRL Protocol Analyzer is a prototype special-purpose verification tool, written in Prolog, that has been developed for the analysis of cryptographic protocols that are used to authenticate principals and services and distribute keys in a network. In this paper we give an overview of how the Analyzer works and describe its achievements so far. We also show how our use of the Prolog language benefited us in the design and implementation of the Analyzer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA463016

Entities

People

  • Catherine Meadows

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Analyzers
  • Automatic
  • Communication Channels
  • Cryptography
  • Databases
  • Formal Languages
  • Language
  • Military Research
  • Models
  • Product Prototyping
  • Security
  • Security Protocols
  • Software Prototyping
  • Transitions
  • Trees (Data Structures)

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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  • Computational Linguistics
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.