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Description of unit
The aim of the module is to develop a critical awareness of the current state of electronic commerce and the ability to develop viable electronic commerce solutions. Students will need to understand the impact of electronic commerce technologies on business practices as well as the issues of electronic commerce technologies such as security, third party licensing rights and other legal implications. On core technologies aspects, students will be looking into active web-page design (eg. server side database, scripting languages, etc) On technological issues, students will be investigating internet security issues (eg, secured, sockets, PGP), authentication and non-repudiation. Business issues explored will include the validation of sources of electronic documents, law of evidences, electronic contracting and roles of trusted 3rd parties and data protection acts