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Foil 6 Need for Security in Commerce - I

From Remarks on Internet and Java Security Basic Information Track Computational Science Course CPS616 -- Spring Semester 1999. by Geoffrey Fox, Mehmet Sen
Suppose we are buying something from information from an Internet Web Site
Many of the hazards (security risks) are similar to those in mail or postal shopping with sometimes enhancement due to world wide nature of "attacks" and the ease with which digital (as opposed to analogue phones) information can be eavesdropped reliably.
Credit Card number
Info
Ordered Item comes by traditional mechanisms

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