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260 SECUREELECTRONICTRANSACTIONS(SET)X.509 An industry standard to define the most widely
accepted format for digital certificates, as specified by
the CCITT. SET’s version of X.509 digital certificates
are a special “flavor” designed exclusively for payment
cards.CROSS REFERENCES
SeeDigital Signatures and Electronic Signatures; Elec-
tronic Payment; Encryption; Guidelines for a Comprehen-
sive Security System; Public Key Infrastructure (PKI); Se-
cure Sockets Layer (SSL).FURTHER READING
Cross, C. (2000). Secure electronic transactions. Re-
trieved November 2, 2000 from SANS Institute’s In-
formation Security Reading Room at http://rr.sans.org/
covertchannels/SET.php
Grant, G. (1998).Understanding SET: Visa International’s
official guide to secure electronic transactions. New
York: McGraw–Hill.IBM Redbook Abstract.Secure electronic transactions:
Credit card payment on the Web in theory and practice.
Retrieved November 3, 2002 from http://publib.b.boul-
der.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/redbookabstracts/sg244978.
html
Loeb, L. (1998).Secure electronic transactions : Intro-
duction and technical reference.Norwood, MA: Artech
House.
Mastercard International. Retrieved November 2, 2002
from http://www.mastercardintl.com
Merkow, M. S., Breithaupt, J., and Wheeler, K. A. (1997).
Building SET applications for secure transactions.New
York: Wiley Computer Publishing.
RSA Security. VISA, Mastercard and technology part-
ners publish revised secure electronic transactions
method.Retrieved November 5, 2002 from http://www.
rsasecurity.com/news/pr/960626.html
Secure Electronic Transactions, LLC (SetCo). Retrieved
from http://www.setco.org
Verisign Corporation. Retrieved from http://www.
verisign.com
Visa International. Retrieved from http://www.visa.com