Security for Mobile Commerce Applications

Abstract:- This paper describes security mechanisms necessary to make mobile commerce applications secure. An analysis of existing security functions in today’s mobile networks shows that a number of attacks on these mechanisms are possible, which in the end could lead to fraudulent mobile commerce transactions and loss of consumer trust into new mobile services. As an alternative a basic security architecture for mobile networks is proposed, which eliminates the existing flaws and thus could build the basis for the development of secure mobile commerce applications. Key-Words: mobile commerce, applications, wireless networks, mobile networks, security, and cryptography