Developing Secure and Efficient Electronic Commerce Applications with eTRON Architecture

Many e-commerce applications are prevalent in today´s world. New features and enhanced security, both are required for successful launch and deployment of e-commerce applications. In this paper, we focus on a generic e-commerce architecture, called eTRON which incorporates - at its nucleus - the tamper-resistant eTRON chip, equipped with functions for mutual authentication, secure communication, and robust access control. With a view to exploring and assessing eTRON´s efficacy and applicability in various e-commerce applications, we present an electronic ticket system developed with the eTRON architecture. Firsthand results from the electronic ticket system and critical analysis of salient eTRON features prove eTRON to be a secure and efficient architecture for developing various e-commerce applications.