DIS 695

Fundamental of E-Commerce

Assignment 2

Due: November 17, 2004 at 4:30 p.m.

Answer questions 1-5 after reading the following materials:

§ The Opening Case, “Brute Force Credit Card Attack”, on pg.463 of your text

§ The Opening Case, “LensDoc Organizes Payments Online”, on pg.492 of your text

§ The Real-World Case, “Guess Overcomes Online Fraud”, on pg.526 of your text

§ Merchant Risk Council’s fraud prevention tools

1. Visit each e-tailer’s site (TalkingTP.com, lensdoc.com, and guess.com) and describe the payment options offered by each e-tailer.
2. Describe the nature of the security attacks experienced by the three e-tailers.
3. Compare and contrast the countermeasures used by each e-tailer to mitigate such attacks.
4. What other security measures will you recommend for each e-tailer and why?
5. What other payment options can be offered by each e-tailer that will be effective in overcoming online fraud and why?

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