Media Type 'application/set-payment-initiation' Details


Basic Info
Media Type application
subtype set-payment-initiation
Registered? Yes
See also Korver
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From [email protected]  Tue Jul 16 02:09:03 1996
From: Brian Korver <[email protected]>
Subject: registration of application/set-payment-initiation
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:09:03 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: [email protected]
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Status: RO

The registration request attached below was posted to [email protected]
on June 19, 1996.  Since there have been no comments, I would like to see
this type registered.


MEDIA TYPE NAME:
application


MEDIA SUBTYPE NAME:
set-payment-initiation


PURPOSE:
This media subtype identifies a message that provides initialization
information prior to SET's payment sequence.  Payment is the process
by which funds are transfered in support of a purchase.


REQUIRED PARAMETERS:
none


OPTIONAL PARAMETERS:
none


ENCODING CONSIDERATIONS:

Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) messages are in a binary format,
using ASN.1 DER encoding as specified in ITU-T Recommendation X.690.
These encodings may include encrypted information which is itself
DER encoded.


SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:

SET is designed so that all sensitive information is either encrypted
or blinded and as such secure communication channels are not required
for privacy reasons.  Although an eavesdropper observing SET messages
can perform basic traffic analysis, the security of financial and
and other private information is ensured through the use of encryption
privacy and digital signatures for authentication of origin and integrity
protection.  No SET message contains "executable" information of any kind.


PUBLISHED SPECIFICATION:

The published specification is available from either http://www.visa.com or
http://www.mastercard.com.


COMPANY CONTACT:
 
Visa International
PO Box 8999
San Francisco, CA 94128

MasterCard International
2000 Purchase Street
Purchase NY 10577