Re: Verified OS concerns

2013-09-25 Thread iki tornsen
Things change, computer dev evolves too openbsd dev team uses audit code with great success but many industrial domains uses new technics like static analysis with success too for exemple in avionics soft : astrée is a tool that certified Airbus plane software with static analysis read astree web

Re: Verified OS concerns

2013-09-20 Thread Bernte
On 9/19/13 9:29 PM, josef.win...@email.de wrote: Does OpenBSD plan to varify its (main) components, to reach the level of zero-bug software? I do assume that you are talking about formal verification meaning mathematical proof of correctness. Verify against what? Verification is a binary

Re: Verified OS concerns

2013-09-20 Thread Eric Johnson
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: I remain unconvinced that it's possible to formally verify non-trivial code to be bug free. You remain free to convince me otherwise or point me to available verified non-trivial software roughly on par with a complete operating system.

Re: Verified OS concerns

2013-09-20 Thread Eric Johnson
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013, josef.win...@email.de wrote: Does OpenBSD plan to varify its (main) components, to reach the level of zero-bug software? Just out of curiousity, how much verifying would it take to reach the level of zero-bug software? How would that affect the development cycle? If

Verified OS concerns

2013-09-19 Thread josef . winger
Does OpenBSD plan to varify its (main) components, to reach the level of zero-bug software? If not, isn't there any concern that (future) varified OS will render OBSD redundant one day? /jo

Re: Verified OS concerns

2013-09-19 Thread thornton . richard
Interesting thread... Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network. From: josef.winger@email.deSent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 4:30 PMTo: misc@openbsd.orgSubject: Verified OS concerns Does OpenBSD plan to varify its (main) components, to reach the level of zero

Re: Verified OS concerns

2013-09-19 Thread Peter N. M. Hansteen
josef.win...@email.de writes: Does OpenBSD plan to varify its (main) components, to reach the level of zero-bug software? If not, isn't there any concern that (future) varified OS will render OBSD redundant one day? I remain unconvinced that it's possible to formally verify non-trivial code

Re: Verified OS concerns

2013-09-19 Thread Marc Espie
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 05:14:37PM -0400, Nick Holland wrote: Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see a general purpose OS with the basic reliability of my car, Actually, it looks more and more like the reverse is coming true.

Re: Verified OS concerns

2013-09-19 Thread Kenneth R Westerback
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:29:39PM +0200, josef.win...@email.de wrote: Does OpenBSD plan to varify its (main) components, to reach the level of zero-bug software? No. Zeno convinced us that you can't get there from here. If not, isn't there any concern that (future) varified OS will render

Re: Verified OS concerns

2013-09-19 Thread Ted Unangst
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 22:29, josef.win...@email.de wrote: Does OpenBSD plan to varify its (main) components, to reach the level of zero-bug software? If not, isn't there any concern that (future) varified OS will render OBSD redundant one day? Short answer: no. Long answer: still no.

Re: Verified OS concerns

2013-09-19 Thread Nick Holland
On 09/19/2013 04:29 PM, josef.win...@email.de wrote: Does OpenBSD plan to varify its (main) components, to reach the level of zero-bug software? you mean, painfully reviewing and auditing code? what do you think they've been trying to do for the last 15 years? And after that, they have been

Re: Verified OS concerns

2013-09-19 Thread Artturi Alm
' out of your annoying signature? it would fit in a single line. I've never heard of Wired 4G LTE network. From: josef.winger@email.deSent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 4:30 PMTo: misc@openbsd.orgSubject: Verified OS concerns Does OpenBSD plan to varify its (main) components, to reach the level

Re: Verified OS concerns

2013-09-19 Thread Peter N. M. Hansteen
josef.win...@email.de writes: Right, a varified full flaged OS is still future. But there is nevertheless progress and affort. Thanks for the pointeres, but anytime this comes up, an old AI witticism turns up at the back of my head, If our mind were so simple we could actually

Re: Verified OS concerns

2013-09-19 Thread Peter N. M. Hansteen
pe...@bsdly.net (Peter N. M. Hansteen) writes: systems that have developed in response to real-world needs and formal standards specifications that at least in some cases more likely than not were in any way verified even to be internally consistent. missing a 'never' in there. clearer? --