Cryptography: A study on the legal position of symmetric and asymmetric encryption under the Malaysian digital signature act 1997
Electronic commerce involves the exchange of goods and services for some form of money in the virtual world without the involvement of face-to-face communication. For that reason, the security of electronic payment system is very crucial for the success and widespread acceptance of such online t...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/630/1/FH03-FLAIR-16-04814.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/630/ |
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| Summary: | Electronic commerce involves the exchange of goods and
services for some form of money in the virtual world without the
involvement of face-to-face communication. For that reason, the
security of electronic payment system is very crucial for the
success and widespread acceptance of such online transactions.
Over the past few years, technological developments have made
significant contributions to secure the electronic payment system
from theft and manipulation by interlopers and eavesdroppers. One
way to have secure transmissions of the transaction information
between the contracting parties is the adoption of cryptography.
Cryptography refers to the art and science of keeping information
secret by using a code or cipher. It can be an effective tool for the
secure use of information and communication technology by
ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and by
providing authentication and non-repudiation mechanisms for that
data. And this technology has been primarily employed by
providers of electronic and digital signatures in online transactions.
Due to the importance of cryptography, it is therefore pertinent in
this study to explore in details the technical aspects of
cryptography and its classification into symmetric (secret key)
cryptography and asymmetric (public key) encryption. The study
will then examine the legal position of symmetric and asymmetric
encryption under the Digital Signature Act 1997 (the DSA) and
highlight any loopholes or lacunae in the DSA. |
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