Hello:
Could anyone please refer me to a web site that would explain the
theory involved in the establishment of a so-called "secure web-site"
or a "secure link" to a web site?
As most of us surely know, a "secure" web site is used to place on-line
orders and to transmit over the internet some sensitive data, such as
a credit card number. Surely there would be very little security if
such data were transmitted in the clear.
I do not understand how I could encrypt my credit card number, transmit
the encrypted number, and then have the recipient to decrypt the number
unless the recipient had a compatible decryption engine and had
knowledge of the original encryption key (i.e the password or pass
phrase that I use to encrypt the data). It would seem that somehow
this kind of thing is what would have to happen when using a "secure"
web site. How does this kind of "magic" work?
If no one knows of a web site that explains how this system works,
is there some one out there who can explain in a nutshell how this
system is supposed to work?
Sam Heywood
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