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Design and Implementation of a Secure and Distributed Electronic Voucher Management System

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M. Fahim Ferdous Khan,

Ken SakamuraAuthors Info & Claims

ICCCM '22: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer and Communications Management

Pages 269 - 275

https://doi.org/10.1145/3556223.3556264

Published: 16 October 2022 Publication History

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Dealing with vouchers, paper or electronic, for both in-store and online purchases is a common customer experience. Electronic vouchers are most popular in recent times as they can be distributed easily to a wide range of customers through the Internet. Maintaining the security and privacy of these electronic vouchers which are now ubiquitous in today's cyber marketspaces is a major challenge, as poor security measures can badly impact both business owners and customers. In this paper, we propose a secure and tamper-resistant electronic voucher management system using the eTRON cybersecurity architecture. Our system implements the full lifecycle of an electronic voucher from its creation to redemption.

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Design and Implementation of a Secure and Distributed Electronic Voucher Management System
1. Security and privacy
  1. Security services
    1. Digital rights management

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Ma DYang YChang YLiu YZhang YLu HShi X(2023)Ecoupon-Chain: Efficient decentralized e-coupon blockchainJournal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences10.1016/j.jksuci.2023.10185735:10(101857)Online publication date: Dec-2023
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksuci.2023.101857

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