Title :
Digital randomness
Author :
Taylor, Greg ; Cox, George
fDate :
9/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Imagine that it\´s 1995 and you\´re about to make your very first online purchase. You open your Netscape browser, sipping coffee as the home page slowly loads. You then navigate to Amazon.com, a new online bookstore your friend told you about. As you proceed to make your purchase and enter your payment information, the address your browser points to changes from one starting with "http" to one that begins with "https." That signals that your computer has established an encrypted connection with Amazon\´s server. This allows you to send credit card information to the server without worrying that an identity thief will intercept the transmission.
Keywords :
cryptography; retail data processing; Amazon server; Netscape browser; credit card; encrypted connection; online bookstore; online purchase; payment information; Computer security; Digital communication; Electronic commerce; Encryption; Network security; Online services; Random processes;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2011.5995897
