Project Everest began at Microsoft Research in 2016, aiming to spur research in program verification to produce industrial-grade software. In collaboration with INRIA and Carnegie Mellon University, Project Everest's goal was to produce drop-in verified replacements of secure communications software used in the HTTPS ecosystem, including TLS, the underlying cryptography, and related subprotocols. Now, almost a decade later, we reflect on the project, sharing both its successes and failures, and look ahead to the next decade of program verification research.
Ahman et al. (Fri,) studied this question.