First-Order Logic for Flow-Limited Authorization

Andrew K. Hirsch, Pedro H. Azevedo de Amorim, Ethan Cecchetti, Ross Tate, and Owen Arden First-Order Logic for Flow-Limited Authorization. in Computer Security Foundations, (Boston, USA, 2020), IEEE.

Abstract: We present the Flow-Limited Authorization First-Order Logic (FLAFOL), a logic for reasoning about authorization decisions in the presence of information-flow policies. We formalize the FLAFOL proof system, characterize its proof-theoretic properties, and develop its security guarantees. In particular, FLAFOL is the first logic to provide a non-interference guarantee while supporting all connectives of first-order logic. Furthermore, this guarantee is the first to combine the notions of non-interference from both authorization logic and information-flow systems. All of the theorems in this paper have been proven in Coq.

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