NetBill Security and Transaction Protocol

Authors: 

Benjamin Cox, J.D. Tygar and Marvin Sirbu, Carnegie Mellon University

Abstract: 
NetBill is a system for micropayments for information goods on the Internet. This paper presents the NetBill protocol and describes its security and transactional features. Among our key innovations are:

  • An atomic certified delivery method so that a customer pays if and only if she receives her information goods intact.
  • Outsourcing access control: different users can use different access control servers.
  • A credential mechanism allowing users to prove membership in groups. This supports discounts.
  • A structure for constructing pseudonyms to protect the identities of consumers.
BibTeX
@inproceedings {260367,
author = {Benjamin Cox and J.D. Tygar and Marvin Sirbu},
title = {{NetBill} Security and Transaction Protocol},
booktitle = {First USENIX Workshop on Electronic Commerce ( First USENIX Workshop on Electronic Commerce)},
year = {1995},
address = {New York, NY},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/first-usenix-workshop-electronic-commerce/netbill-security-and-transaction-protocol},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = jul
}
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Paper: 
http://usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/ec95/full_papers/cox.ps