A Tangled World Wide Web of Security Issues

Authors

  • Joris Claessens
  • Bart Preneel
  • Joos Vandewalle

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v7i3.935

Abstract

The World Wide Web (WWW) was initially intended as a means to share distributed information amongst individuals. Now the WWW has become the preferred environment for a multitude of e-services: e-commerce, e-banking, e-voting, e-government, etc. Security for these applications is an important enabler. This article gives a thorough overview of the different security issues regarding the WWW, and provides insight in the current state-of-the-art and evolution of the proposed and deployed solutions.

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Published

2002-03-04

How to Cite

Claessens, J., Preneel, B., & Vandewalle, J. (2002). A Tangled World Wide Web of Security Issues. First Monday, 7(3). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v7i3.935

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