Secure Electronic Payments Based on Mobile Agents

摘要

The SET protocol for secure electronic payments, in particular its purchasing phase, is intended for users connected to the Internet during the entire transaction. This requirement cannot be easily met in high communication costs and/or low bandwidth settings, typically found in mobile computing environments. In this paper we describe SET/A, a system that works according to the SET rules for purchasing operations Without forcing the user to be connected during the entire transaction.