Ensuring Secure Wireless Transactions In E-Commerce Environments

Wireless devices are flooding the airwaves with millions of bits of information. Securing those transmissions is the next challenge facing e-commerce. In the not-too-distant future, you won't think twice about using your cell phone or PDA to access Amazon.com, Chase . . . Wireless devices are flooding the airwaves with millions of bits of information. Securing those transmissions is the next challenge facing e-commerce. In the not-too-distant future, you won't think twice about using your cell phone or PDA to access Amazon.com, Chase Manhattan or Home Depot from your beach blanket or backyard lawn chair. You'll exchange messages, check market reports and negotiate deals while riding the subway or waiting for a flight. Today's hard-wired desktops will be tomorrow's 286es; commerce will be all wireless, all the time.