TweetDigital Signatures Digital signatures are implemented through public-key encryption and are used to verify the origin and contents of a message. One advantage of public-key encryption is that the recipient of successfully decrypted message knows that it was sent by the owner of the private key. This is known as authentication. However, encrypting messages with [...]
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TweetWhy is encryption needed for Web commerce? Encryption performs four key functions which enable secure Web transactions to take place: Authentication allows customers to be sure that the merchant they are sending their credit card details to is who they say they are. It can also allow merchant’s to verify that the customer is the [...]
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