Technology Infrastructure for Electronic Commerce

Technology Infrastructure for Electronic Commerce

Lecture Notes: January 25, 2001

Speaker: Olga Gelbart

Notes Prepared by: Colleen Rooney and Caroline Jung

Table of Contents:

	Snapshots of the Electronic Commerce World
	How did we get here?
	What is the Internet?
	The Internet-Connections
	Internet Features
	Kahn's Internet Principles
	Federal Decisions that Shaped the Internet
	Four Aspects of the Internet
	How Internet Manages Change?
	Trends in Internet Applications
	Needed in Electronic Commerce
	Electronic Cash Policies
	Certification Authority Functions
	Who Will be the CA's?
	Legal Issues
	Some Problems with the Internet
	Surprise Disclosures of Personal Information and Program Launches
	Who are the "Trustworthy" Persons?
	Law of the Net
	The Four Horsement of the Apocalypse (Cypherpunks Version)
	NAS/NRC Crypto Policy Report Highlights
	Current Encryption Legislation
	Additional References
	Web Resources