All consortia working on security solutions in these programmes, comprise technology developers and technology users. In joint trials, the consortia prove the success of their work and finally demonstrate it to the public. The aim is a strategy for technology fit for introduction to the market. The five projects briefly presented here are aware of one another's presence. There is both a healthy competence and good cooperation with respect to results which can be used across project boundaries, like, for example, a common public-key certification infrastructure.
All projects are open to other projects.
In particular, high-quality papers from all these projects were accepted and presented at regular JENC conference sessions. Deployment and enhancement of existing Internet and security functionality to support existing business models. Protection and interconnection of communication within closed groups with individual access controls. There are trials and exploitation of results. ACTS programme, September 1995 to August 1998.