E-Commerce Security
E-Commerce Security Attacks on security: Security attacks can be classified in the following two categories depending on the nature of the attacker. Passive attacks: The attacker can only eavesdrop or monitor the network.Typically, this is teh easiest form of attck and can be performed qithout difficulty. In many networking environam,ents, for eg, broadcast type networks sucha sEthernet and wireless networks Active Attacks: Thre attacker is not on.ly able to listen to the transmission but also able too actively alter or obstruct it. Furthermore,depoending on trhe attack's action, the following sub categories can be used to cover the majority of ATTacks Other types of attacks on Security Eavesdropping: This attack is used to gain knowledge of the transmitted data. However, using an encryption scheme to protect the transmitted data can easily prevent this attack Traffic Analysis: The main goal of this a...