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				Scyther

			       1.0-beta5

	  an automatic verification tool for security protocols
			     by Cas Cremers

			Microsoft Windows binary
				  and
	   Linux binary (compiled for Linux i686 environments)

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Note: This is a BETA release, and therefore the usual warnings apply.



1. More information
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For more information, see:

  http://people.inf.ethz.ch/cremersc/scyther/index.html


2. Starting out
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Start the graphical user interface by starting

  scyther-gui.py

Some protocol description files (with extension .spdl) can be found in
the base directory.  Many other protocol input files can be found in the
SPORE directory.


3. Citing Scyther
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@phdthesis{cremers06,
  Author    = "Cas Cremers",
  Title     = "Scyther - Semantics and Verification of Security Protocols",
  school    = "Eindhoven University of Technology",
  publisher = "University Press Eindhoven",
  year      = "2006",
}

