Atomicity versus Anonymity: Distributed Transactions for Electronic Commerce
J. D. Tygar
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Abstract
Electronic commerce challenges our notions of distributed transactions in several ways. I discuss issues how distributed transactions can apply to electronic transactions, with special emphasis on the role of atomicity. I discuss the application of these ideas to two systems I have helped designand build: NetBill (a system for highly atomic micro-transactions) and Cryptographic Postage Indicia (a system for generating postage on laser printers attached to PCs or other devices.) I discuss the difficulties in integrating atomic, anonymous payment systems and some issues in supporting anonymous auctions. Finally, I conclude with a set of open questions.

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BIBTEX

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/vldb/Tygar98,
author = {J. D. Tygar},
editor = {Ashish Gupta and
Oded Shmueli and
Jennifer Widom},
title = {Atomicity versus Anonymity: Distributed Transactions for Electronic
Commerce},
booktitle = {VLDB'98, Proceedings of 24rd International Conference on Very
Large Data Bases, August 24-27, 1998, New York City, New York,
USA},
publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann},
year = {1998},
isbn = {1-55860-566-5},
pages = {1-12},
crossref = {DBLP:conf/vldb/98},
bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}


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