Secure Electronic Commerce: Building the Infrastructure for Digital Signatures and Encryption - Softcover

Ford, Warwick; Baum, Michael S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0134763424 ISBN 13: 9780134763422

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1997

Synopsis

A guide to Building encryption and authentication technology into an online system used for electronic commerce. Covers both technical and legal issues.

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From the Back Cover

This book describes the technologies used to make electronic commerce secure, together with their business and legal implications.The book begins with an introduction to the underlying technologies and inherent risks of electronic commerce. It considers the role of computer networks, the Internet, EDI and electronic mail, as well as the problem of ensuring that electronic transactions are resistant to fraud, may be traced, and are legally binding in all jurisdictions. Current security technologies are explained in detail, from a business perspective. These include cryptography; digital signatures; public keys and symmetric keys; certificates; and authentication techniques. Networking security methods such as firewalls, secure messaging protocols, and secure Web protocols are also discussed. This book is co-authored by a leading security specialist and a leading legal specialist in the electronic commerce field. It is designed to bring members of the business, technical, and legal communities up-to-speed in a field that is rapidly becoming critical to business success -- and survival. Anyone involved in the design, management, procurement, operation, legal support, or technical support of a business system based on the exchange of electronic transactions over computer networks.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0134763424
• ISBN 13: 9780134763422
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496