International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA) - ERA, WJCI Indexed

International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA) - ERA, WJCI Indexed

ISSN: 0974 - 9330 (Online); 0975 - 2307 (Print)

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A Fair Exchange & Customer Anonymity Protocol Using A Trusted Third Party for Electronic Commerce Transactions and Payments

Fahad A Alqahtani, De Montfort University, United Kingdom

Abstract

The rapid development of technology and the reach of such technologies at affordable costs has made it possible for all people across the world to make purchases at a click of the mouse and at their convenience.Electronic commerce technologies and protocols facilitate the processing of online transactions. Trust plays a major role in e-commerce transactions and various protocols help establishing this trust by providing fair exchange and anonymity.

The research aims at designing and developing a protocol that provides both fair exchange and anonymity, thus avoiding the need to have manual dispute resolution. It takes into account the technical flaws researched and overcomes those by implementing methods to ensure that confidentiality and integrity of the messages are maintained by making sure that the Trusted Third Party does not have the authority to view or modify the messages but can only verify the authenticity of the other two parties.

Keywords

E-commerce, Trust, fair exchange, anonymity, trusted third party, security

Original Source URL: https://airccse.org/journal/nsa/6114nsa06.pdf

Volume URL: https://airccse.org/journal/jnsa14_current.html