Contents

1.   Introduction to Electronic Commerce 

1. E-Commerce

2. Main Activities of E-Commerce    

3. Goals of E-Commerce  

4. Technical Components of E-Commerce

5. Functions of E-Commerce    

6. Advantages and Disadvantages of E-Commerce   

7. Scope of E-Commerce  

8. Electronic Commerce Applications 

9. Electronic-Business  

10.E-Commerce v/s E-Business  

2.   Building Own Website    

1. Introduction   

2. What does a Website do?    

3. Reasons to Build a Website 

4. Benefits of Having a Website

5. Bandwidth Requirements

6. Cost of Building a Website 

7. Time Consumed  

8. Reach or Accessibility of Website

9. Register a Domain Name

10. Web Promotion 

11. Banner Exchange

12. Shopping Bots 

13. Target E-mails 

3.   Internet and Extranet   

1. Internet 

2. Tools and Services of Internet   

3. Hardware and Software for Internet

4. Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet

5. Intranet 

6. Software of Intranet 

7. Intranet Security    

8. Planning and Creating an Intranet

9. Advantages and Disadvantages of Intranets    

10.Features of Intranet

11.Components of Intranet Information Technology Structure  

12.Extranet 

13.Applications of Extranet   

14.Advantages and Disadvantages of Extranet

15.Internet versus Intranets  

16.Extranet Versus Intranet   

17.Development of Intranet    

4.   Electronic Payment System     

1. Introduction   

2. Requirements for Electronic Payment System   

3. Characteristics of Electronic Payment System 

4. Traditional Payment System 

5. Process of Electronic Payment System   

6. Types of Electronic Payment Systems    

7. E-Payment Tools

8. Electronic Funds Transfer  

9  Payment Cards  

10.Micropayment and Other Payment Systems 

11.Electronic Bill or Paperless Bill Presentment and Payment

12.Need of E-payment    

13.Payment Considerations

15.Using Payment Service Providers  

16.Value Exchange System

17.Modern/ Mobile Payment of Cash   

5.   Technology Solution

1. Introduction   

2. Protecting Internet Communications

3. Encryption

4. Symmetric-Key Encryption   

5. Public Key Encryption

6. Public Key Encryption using Digital Signatures

7. Digital Envelopes    

8. Digital Certificates 

9. Limitations to Encryption Solutions    

6.   E-com Security    

1. Introduction   

2. E-Commerce Security Environment  

3. Security Threats in E-commerce Environment   

4. Malicious Code and Unwanted Programs

5. Phishing and Identity Theft

6. Hacking and Cyber Vandalism

7. Credit Card Fraud/Theft    

8. Spoofing 

9. Denial of Service (DOS)    

10. Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack (DDoS)