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Security of distributed systems is a topic of growing importance. The security breaches of the last few years (internet worm .... ) have demonstrated the need for additional research in this area. One important aspect of security is authentication. It is fundamental to access control, accounting and secure communication. This bibliography c o n t ~s references of protocol descriptions and of protocol analysis efforts.
Armin Liebl (Fri,) studied this question.