Non-Repudiation in Electronic Commerce

With more and more businesses shifting emphasis towards the Internet, new ways of protecting transacting parties are needed in the world of e-commerce. This volume shows the reader how to create, collect, validate and maintain cryptographic evidence, such as digital signatures, in order to support the settlement of possible electronic transaction disputes. It presents a systematic description of non-repudiation services, examples on the integration of these services into specific e-commerce applications, and a detailed analysis and comparison of typical non-repudiation mechanisms.