1. List and describe your experiences with a secure Web site. Some examples may be:
* University enrolment;
* Online banking, auctions, real estate;
* booking a cheap air ticket or concert ticket;
* shopping online for a book, software or a CD.
I have an experiences on using the Online banking service for checking the deposit and buying stocks. I check that the web site of that bank uses 128-bit SSL encryption, Unique user name and password to logon, Security Device and Automatic time-out to protect personal data.
Therefore, It is very secure for us to do the online ebanking.
2. What is SET and how does it compare to SSL as a platform for secure electronic transaction?Is SET in common use?
SET (Secure Electronic Transaction) protocol is an open industry standard developed for the secure transmission of payment information over the Internet and other electronic networks. SET has the strong support of two major league credit card companies: Visa and MasterCard. It is apparent that SET is the more secure protocol but with this added security is added complexity and cost. The nature of the transactions, one can see that SET possesses a rather intricate nature that double checks the transaction at least three times. This is in addition to the initial safeguard protection: the issuance of a “certificate” that enables a party to place orders in a highly secure and if needed, anonymous environment. (Clough, 2006)
SSL is built into all major browsers and web servers; therefore simply installing a digital certificate turns on their SSL capabilities. This of course makes SSL easier for a business to use at the outset. These are the sorts of market advantages that perhaps develop when a protocol like SSL has been invented by and has the support of the major computer players like Microsoft and Netscape rather than “conventional” credit extending companies such as Visa and MasterCard. In the end what we have is a comparison between an old standby that performs adequately, is relatively easy to use and is widely accepted (SSL) and a possibly up and coming protocol that offers more protections for sure but at what cost (SET). (Clough, 2006)
Yes, SET is very common because it is an open industry standard developed for the secure transmission of payment information over the Internet and other electronic networks
In SET, a certificate is a public key that has been digitally signed by a trusted authority (usually the cardholder's financial institution) to identify the user of the public key. SET defines the following certificate types: signature, key encipherment, certificate signature, and CRL signature. See: http://www.setco.org/glossary.html (Clough, 2006)
Referances:
Webopedia (2009). “SET”. Received 20th April, 2009 from URL -
http://e-momm.webopedia.com/TERM/S/SET.html
Clough (2006). "Comparing and Contrasting SSL and SET". Received 20th April, 2009 from URL - http://www.savagerun.com/SSLSET.htm
4/24/2009
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