Wired

June, 1995

I-Way RobberyAfraid to shop on the Net for fear of credit card-scamming hackers? You'll be interested to know that several of the computer industry's major players have developed technology to make computer commerce safe. Public-key cryptography, the basis for Terisa Systems' Secure HTTP, is one such method. Built into several World Wide Web browsers, it protects credit card numbers via two key codes--one public code (included on electronic order forms) that turns transmitted credit card numbers...