Payments on the Web (2)

• Models existing systems; built on existing infrastructure

• Technologies such as SSL and SET make purchasing over the Internet possible

• Heavily relies on SSL

  • users can authenticate servers, but not vice versa
  • it is easier to implement certificates on the server

• Users retrieve server certificate

• Clients use user ID and passwords to authenticate to a server

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