BootSafe is a system for verifying the safety of boot firmware at load time. It employs inexpensive static checks of compiled code, based on the Efficient Code Certification (ECC) technique. We demonstrate a prototype of the BootSafe system that verifies safety of fcode programs for use with Open Firmware compliant boot platforms.
Citation:
Matt Stillerman, Dexter Kozen, "Efficient Code Certification for Open Firmware," discex, vol. 2, pp.147, DARPA Information Survivability Conference and Exposition - Volume II, 2003