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BSF (Bootstrapping Server Function)

Term
BSF (Bootstrapping Server Function)

Abbreviation
BSF

Definition
A BSF (Bootstrapping Server Function) is an intermediary element in cellular networks that provides application-independent functions for mutual authentication of user equipment and servers unknown to each other and for bootstrapping the exchange of secret session keys afterward.

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