We re-visit the notion of Approximate Confinement in terms of information theory. This notion formalises probabilistic non-interference in terms of process indistinguishability. We show that it corresponds to the notion of relative entropy, aka Kullback-Leibler divergence.

Approximation and relative entropy

DI PIERRO, ALESSANDRA
2012-01-01

Abstract

We re-visit the notion of Approximate Confinement in terms of information theory. This notion formalises probabilistic non-interference in terms of process indistinguishability. We show that it corresponds to the notion of relative entropy, aka Kullback-Leibler divergence.
2012
security; information theory; Formal methods; programming languages
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