Chapter 17. Handling Security in Web Services
By Mark Wutka
In This Chapter
Because the Internet is essentially a public network, electronic commerce can be a scary proposition. You don't want to send credit card numbers electronically when there is the possibility that someone could intercept them. The common solution to this problem, of course, is data encryption—encoding the data in such a way that only the intended recipient can decode it.
When it comes to browsing the Web, the most common encryption mechanism is through a protocol called SSL—the Secure Sockets Layer. When you see a URL that starts with https:, it means that the Web site uses SSL ...
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