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CyberCash Credit Card Protocol Version 0
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Network Working Group D. Eastlake 3rd
Request for Comments: 1898 CyberCash
Category: Informational B. Boesch
CyberCash
S. Crocker
CyberCash
M. Yesil
CyberCash
February 1996
CyberCash Credit Card Protocol Version 0.8
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
CyberCash is developing a general payments system for use over the
Internet. The structure and communications protocols of version 0.8
are described. This version includes credit card payments only.
Additional capabilities are planned for future versions.
This document covers only the current CyberCash system which is one
of the few operational systems in the rapidly evolving area of
Internet payments. CyberCash is committed to the further development
of its system and to cooperation with the Internet Engineering Task
Force and other standards organizations.
Acknowledgements
The significant contributions of the following persons (in alphabetic
order) to this protocol are gratefully acknowledged:
Bruce Binder, Judith Grass, Alden Hart, Steve Kiser, Steve
Klebe, Garry Knox, Tom Lee, Bob Lindenberg, Jim Lum, Bill
Melton, Denise Paredes, Prasad Chintamaneni, Fred Silverman,
Bruce Wilson, Garland Wong, Wei Wu, Mark Zalewski.
In addition, Jeff Stapleton and Peter Wagner made useful comments on
the first version of this memo.
Eastlake, et al Informational