Java Bytecode Verification: An Overview

  • Authors:
  • Xavier Leroy

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • CAV '01 Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

Bytecode verification is a crucial security component for Java applets, on the Web and on embedded devices such as smart cards. This paper describes the main bytecode verification algorithms and surveys the variety of formal methods that have been applied to bytecode verification in order to establish its correctness.