Summary

Internet commerce is a broad term covering all commercial activity on the Internet. Some examples of Internet commerce include auctioning, placing orders, making payments, transferring funds, and collaborating with trading partners.

E-commerce and specifically I-commerce provides digital libraries with the mechanism to provide access to copyrighted material in a way that will protect the interest of both the copyright owner and the digital library.

I-commerce applications have to assure system security, minimize misuse of credit card, and minimize misuse of personal information. EDI depends on data processing, data management and networking capabilities, to enable the efficient capture of data into electronic form, the processing and retention of data, controlled access to it, and efficient and reliable data transmission between remote sites. EFT allows financial institutions to transfer funds between one another in a secure and efficient manner. SET enable users to employ the existing credit card payment infrastructure on an open network, such as the Internet, in a secure fashion. Another internet payment method is by using smart cards.

X.400 is used in a number of environments where its additional benefits are needed, such as military, financial data, intelligence, aviation and government. The current work on EDI-INT data security builds on S/MIME formats, PKCS, and X.509 digital certificates.