E-commerce Security Technology Research

Electronic commerce is a commercial activity using internet. With the speedy development of internet, electronic business is becoming a necessary element of all economic activities and the core power accelerating the development of enterprises. Though the prospect of electronic business's development is attractive, the security problem is always the key factor affecting the development of electronic business. The safety problem threaten the interests of both trading sides. Especially the doubts of customers can make the trade unsuccessful and even hinder the farther development of electronic business. To ensure the successful development of electronic business, the safety problem should be paid great attention. Now it is a problem cared by all the people how to create a safe and convenient application environment of electronic business to guarantee the safety of the information in the entire commercial activity and make the electronic business based on the internet as safe as the traditional trade. This article analyzes the problems existed in the development of electronic business objectively and researches the safety problem systematically. It introduces the main safety technique which include password theory (symmetric encryption and public key system), identity authentication, digital signature and so on. The encryption and decryption programs are programmed with IDEA data encryption algorithm and CA authentication process is realized by OPENSSL. In the aspect of management measures, it is suggested that credit system, real-name registration system, information notification system and other safeguard measures should be established.