Title :
Trust metrics, models and protocols for electronic commerce transactions
Author :
Manchala, Daniel W.
Author_Institution :
Xerox Corp., El Segundo, CA, USA
Abstract :
The paper introduces the notion of quantifiable trust for electronic commerce. It describes metrics and models for the measurement of trust variables and fuzzy verification of transactions. Trust metrics help preserve system availability by determining risk on transactions. Furthermore, when several entities are involved in electronic transactions, previously know techniques are applied for trust propagation. Malicious transacting entities may try to illegitimately gain access to private trust information. Suitable protocols are developed to minimize breach of privacy and incorporate a non repudiable context using cryptographic techniques
Keywords :
business communication; commerce; data privacy; formal verification; fuzzy set theory; protocols; security of data; transaction processing; cryptographic techniques; electronic commerce transactions; electronic transactions; fuzzy verification; malicious transacting entities; non repudiable context; private trust information; protocols; quantifiable trust; system availability; trust metrics; trust propagation; trust variables; Authentication; Business; Cryptography; Electronic commerce; Identity-based encryption; Internet; Postal services; Privacy; Protocols; Sockets;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems, 1998. Proceedings. 18th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8292-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICDCS.1998.679731