A secure model in agent-based marketplace

Due to the popularity of broadband network and World Wide Web, network service advances more completely. In spite of lots of network companies suffer deficits, E-Commerce still attracts numerous enterprises to invest in. But consumers have no confidence for electronic transaction, the main reason is security problem. They fret about the data would be stolen, or their accounts would be usurped. Thus the most influential facility is security model. And in the security model, the basic model is "authentication". If there is no sturdy authentication, anyone can masquerade others\´ identities. The major objective of this paper is to propose an agent-based E-Commerce environment and to set up a secure E-marketplace authentication mechanism.