Abstract:
According to an aspect of the invention, a process for verifying a computer program on a smart card is conceived, the process comprising: identifying, within said computer program, one or more instruction sequences that have a single start point and one or more end points in the program flow; identifying, in each instruction sequence, one or more basic blocks that have a single start point and a single end point in the program flow; and verifying the instruction sequences by verifying each basic block identified in said instruction sequences.