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<title abbrev='The KeyNote Trust-Management System'>The KeyNote Trust-Management System Version 2</title>
<author initials='M.' surname='Blaze' fullname='Matt Blaze'>
<organization>AT&amp;T Labs - Research</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>180 Park Avenue</street>
<city>Florham Park</city>
<region>NJ</region>
<code>07932-0971</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<email>mab@research.att.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='J.' surname='Feigenbaum' fullname='Joan Feigenbaum'>
<organization>AT&amp;T Labs - Research</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>180 Park Avenue</street>
<city>Florham Park</city>
<region>NJ</region>
<code>07932-0971</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<email>jf@research.att.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='J.' surname='Ioannidis' fullname='John Ioannidis'>
<organization>AT&amp;T Labs - Research</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>180 Park Avenue</street>
<city>Florham Park</city>
<region>NJ</region>
<code>07932-0971</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<email>ji@research.att.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='A.' surname='Keromytis' fullname='Angelos D. Keromytis'>
<organization>University of Pennsylvania,  CIS Department,  Distributed Systems Lab</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>200 S. 33rd Street</street>
<city>Philadelphia</city>
<region>PA</region>
<code>19104-6389</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<email>angelos@dsl.cis.upenn.edu</email></address></author>
<date month='September' year='1999' />
<abstract>
<t>This memo describes version 2 of the KeyNote trust-management system. It specifies the syntax and semantics of KeyNote `assertions', describes `action attribute' processing, and outlines the application architecture into which a KeyNote implementation can be fit.  The KeyNote architecture and language are useful as building blocks for the trust management aspects of a variety of Internet protocols and services.</t></abstract></front>

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