Securing the World Wide Web: Smart Tokens and Their Implementation

Open Access

11 December 1995

proceedings article
Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

https://doi.org/10.1145/3592626.3592658

Abstract

This paper introduces Smart Tokens, discusses some of their basic properties, and outlines their general role in securing software applications on the World Wide Web. In addition, the completed hardware and software architecture of a current implementation is described. Finally, an electronic commerce application for Smart Tokens involving major U.S. financial institutions is discussed.

Keywords

WORLD WIDE
WIDE WEB
IMPLEMENTATION
SMART TOKENS
ARCHITECTURE
COMMERCE
OUTLINES

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