formal methods for security and time) was a italian national project funded by the Ministry of Education, University and Research. It lasted two years, from Dec 2001 to Dec 2003, with an overall funding of about 300,000 euros. The sites forming the consortium were: University of Bologna (Roberto Gorrieri, national coordinator of the project), University of Pisa (Pierpaolo Degano, local coordinator), University of Salerno (Margherita Napoli), University of Trento (Corrado Priami), University of Venice (Riccardo Focardi);