[137] in WWW Security List Archive
re: what are realistic threats? (first issue)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nsyfrig@wppost.depaul.edu)
Tue Sep 27 19:58:25 1994
From: nsyfrig@wppost.depaul.edu
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 15:28:53 -0600
To: dmk@allegra.att.com, www-buyinfo@allegra.att.com,
www-security@ns1.rutgers.edu, zurko@osf.org
Reply-To: nsyfrig@wppost.depaul.edu
I still am not that enamored with digital cash from an accountability and
tax perspective.
With digital cash, I have the same problem as with regular cash - it's not
only keeping a shoebox but actually having to go through it, or do
"double-entry" to begin to organize it.
In the current models, credit cards, and even checks provide a first line
of defense on these initial financial organizational problems. I don't think
I'm the only one that tends to do this.
Therefore, I believe a secure communication channel for transaction
purposes is still very desirable to insure privacy.
Nathan Syfrig
