Ada and the control of intrusion

  • Authors:
  • Gertrude Levine

  • Affiliations:
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGAda Ada Letters
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

One of the strengths of the Ada Programming Language is its support of software engineering principles. In particular, many Ada constructs assist in the control of various anomalies of computer systems. This paper discusses two classes of anomalies that are shown to have similar characteristics. The first of these classes involves the mutual exclusion problem, for which there exists considerable literature within the Ada community. We compare this category of anomalies to intrusion, a security anomaly, and suggest that mechanisms for the control of the first should be considered for the second.