Electronic commerce is a large and ever growing industry. Online transactions are returning ever-growing revenues to electronic merchants. The e-commerce industry is still facing a range of problems concerning the process of completion of online transactions. Such problems are connected to consumer fears dealing with the identity of online merchants, their security pre- cautions and methods for accepting online payments. This thesis develops and presents a Mutual Authentication Model (MAM), which addresses the problem of mutual authentication between online shoppers and merchants. The model combines existing technologies in the eld of cryp- tography, as well as the use of digital signatures and certi cates. This is done in a speci c manner as for the model to achieve mutual authentication between communicating parties, in an online transactions. The Mutual Authentication Model provides a process through which an online shopper can be quickly and transparently equipped with a digital identi cation, in the form of a digital certi cate of high trust, in order for this shopper to participate in an authen- ticated transaction within the MAM. A few of the advantages of the developed model include the prospect of decreased online credit fraud, as well as an increased rate of completed online transactions. / Prof. S.H. von Solms
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:2546 |
| Date | 02 June 2008 |
| Creators | Kisimov, Martin Valentinov |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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