Securing the delivery of digital content over the Internet

Author

Waller, A.O. ; Jones, G. ; Whitley, T. ; Edwards, J. ; Kaleshi, D. ; Munro, A. ; MacFarlane, B. ; Wood, A.

Author_Institution

Thales Res. & Technol. (UK) Ltd., Reading, UK

Volume

14

Issue

5

fYear

2002

fDate

10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

239

Lastpage

248

Abstract

This paper looks at the security issues that arise for the browsing, selection and delivery of digital content over the Internet. Particular emphasis is placed on the problems of finding security solutions for microtransactions (small items of content) and micropayments (low-value content), and the digital rights management issues concerning the protection of content after it has been delivered to consumers. The paper concludes with a description of the secure content delivery system developed during the SIBIS project, which addresses many of the issues raised.

Keywords

Internet; copyright; digital communication; security of data; telecommunication security; transaction processing; Internet; SIBIS project; browsing; content protection; copyright protection; digital content delivery security; digital content selection; digital rights management; low-value content; micropayments; microtransactions; real-time content delivery; secure content delivery system; security solutions; tamper-resistant software; watermarking;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics & Communication Engineering Journal

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0954-0695

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ecej:20020507

Filename

1088441