Non-Repudiation in Electronic Commerce

FROM THE PUBLISHER

With more and more businesses shifting emphasis towards the Internet, new ways of protecting transacting parties are needed in the world of e-commerce. This unique, new resource shows practitioners how to create, collect, validate and maintain cryptographic evidence, such as digital signatures, in order to support the settlement of possible electronic transaction disputes. It presents a systematic description of non-repudiation services, examples on the integration of these services into specific e-commerce applications, and a detailed analysis and comparison of typical non-repudiation mechanisms.
The book investigates fundamental aspects of non-repudiation, including general goals and typical electronic transaction disputes. It covers the types of cryptographic evidence, the validity of evidence used in dispute resolution, and the technical infrastructure and legal framework for the provision of non-repudiation services in electronic commerce. Moreover, this book defines the fairness in non-repudiation services, presents typical fair protocols, and reviews related ISO standards.
About the Author
Jianying Zhou is project manager at Kent Ridge Digital Labs in Singapore, where he leads an R&D team that develops network security technologies. He is actively involved in the academic world, serving on international conference committees and publishing papers for well-known journals. Dr. Zhou holds an M.Sc. in computer science from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a Ph.D. in information security from the University of London.
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SYNOPSIS

Non-repudiation, explains Zhou, is a security service that creates, collects, validates, and maintains digital signatures and other cryptographic evidence in electronic transactions to support the settlement of possible disputes. A security consultant with a large computer company, he sets out the fundamental aspects of the service, including typical disputes that could arise in electronic transactions and the general goals of the service; the types, elements, and the validity of evidence used in the dispute resolution; and the technical infrastructure and legal framework for providing the service in electronic commerce.

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Non-repudiation, explains Zhou, is a security service that creates, collects, validates, and maintains digital signatures and other cryptographic evidence in electronic transactions to support the settlement of possible disputes. A security consultant with a large computer company, he sets out the fundamental aspects of the service, including typical disputes that could arise in electronic transactions and the general goals of the service; the types, elements, and the validity of evidence used in the dispute resolution; and the technical infrastructure and legal framework for providing the service in electronic commerce. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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