Overview of Secure Electronic Transaction (SET)

Research areas:

• Volume 2,Issue 3, Nov. 2013

Year:

2013

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Secure Electronic Transaction SET, Internet, World Wide Web, Networks, Security

Authors:

Iyanda Olukunle; Otusile Oluwabukola; Awodele Oludele

Journal:

IJAIM

Volume:

2

Number:

3

Pages:

78-81

Month:

November

ISSN:

2320-5121

Abstract:

The explosion of public interest in the Internet in the last few years has been truly phenomenal. Net awareness has reached into every corner of society; this coming together of people from around the world has created a new community that crosses social and national boundaries. The growth of the Internet and World Wide Web usage has been fueled by increasing commercialization of the network. A number of surveys and reports have identified the lack of a secure payment scheme as the main inhibitor of Web commerce. The problem lies in the nature of the Internet itself. It was conceived as a way to link different networks together, providing global public access with minimal central control and bureaucracy. It has achieved these objectives very successfully; however, security suffers as a result.

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