How Does E-Commerce Work?
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/2001/PDFs/STC48-000128.PDF

Wokosin, Linda
STC Proceedings
2001

Abstract:

This paper explains what e-commerce is and the two different types of e-commerce. The advantages of e-commerce are covered along with the steps needed to setup e-commerce. The different forms of advertising over the internet is covered next. How internet security works is covered in detail including the use of digital certificates and SSL (secure sockets layer). The processing of payments over the internet is the last subject covered including the different ways to pay and how credit card transactions are processed.