Product Description
This detailed volume and accompanying CD-ROM focus on the set electronic transaction (SET) system and review the fundamentals through to practical instruction on how to develop and implement the entire SET system. Topics addressed include: electronic commerce and the various payment and security systems that have led to online credit card commerce; cryptographic extensions utilized by the SET system; and the technical details behind SET, from purchase initiation, through certificate management, to data transport protocols. Actual programming examples and computer code to construct and roll out the SET system are also included. The book should be of interest to business executives as well as engineers.
From the Publisher
Reviewed in the Media..."This is a good source for technical professionals and executives who need to know more about secure financial transactions. It contains numerous examples and a wealth of technical material to satisfy the most exacting technical person. Detailed listings of code illustrate the implementation of payment flow structures, purchase initialization and response, authorization requests and responses, validation, and formats. For the executive, there is ample nontechnical material explaining the nature of the SET protocol and how it enables financial transactions to flow securely. Executives will find sufficient information to enable them to decide about the feasibility of adopting this software and implementing online commerce."
-- Computing Reviews, July 1998