(Rob Slade, doting grandpa of Ryan and Trevor) wrote in message news:<VOD8c.1383$%%>...
> BKBPIICS.RVW 20031205
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> "Best Practices in Internet Commerce Security", Charles Cresson Wood,
> 2001, 1881585050, U$295.00
> %A Charles Cresson Wood
> %C 1800-1233 West Loop South, Houston Texas 77027
> %D 2001
> %G 1881585050
> %I PentaSafe
> %O U$295.00 800-829-9955 www.pentasafe.com
> %O http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...bsladesinterne
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...bsladesinte-21
> %O http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...bsladesin03-20
> %P 92 p.
> %T "Best Practices in Internet Commerce Security"
>
> The management summary (also known as chapter one) states that this
> book outlines the major controls necessary to perform business
> functions over the Internet. Chapter two, titularly asking "what's
> new about Internet commerce," simply lists potential problems. The
> heart of the book is chapter three, a listing of 240 suggestions most
> of which are in the form of "this practice prevents that risk." Not
> all are either terribly clear or useful, such as the statement that
> "payment protocol with integrated digital certificates prevents
> fraud," which adequately describes making a purchase using a credit
> card over an SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) link to a Website, a practice
> that would prevent neither merchant fraud, nor fraud involving stolen
> credit cards. (I assume that the author was thinking of the SET
> [Secure Electronic Transactions] protocol, but the wording is not
> specific.) The bulk of the recommendations are reasonable in terms of
> improving security, but the explanations are extremely limited.
>
> As a quick once over lightly introduction to the requirements for
> online commerce the book may have its uses, albeit in a very
> restricted compass.
>
> copyright Robert M. Slade, 2003 BKBPIICS.RVW 20031205
>
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