@inproceedings{abadi1997reasoning, author = {Abadi, Martin and Gordon, Andy}, title = {Reasoning about Cryptographic Protocols in the Spi Calculus}, booktitle = {CONCUR '97: Concurrency Theory: Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, year = {1997}, month = {July}, abstract = {The spi calculus is an extension of the pi calculus with constructs for encryption and decryption. This paper develops the theory of the spi calculus, focusing on techniques for establishing testing equivalence, and applying these techniques to the proof of authenticity and secrecy properties of cryptographic protocols.}, publisher = {Springer Berlin Heidelberg}, url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/reasoning-about-cryptographic-protocols-in-the-spi-calculus/}, pages = {59-73}, volume = {1243}, isbn = {978-3-540-63141-5 (Print) 978-3-540-69188-4 (Online)}, edition = {CONCUR '97: Concurrency Theory: Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, }