Friday, July 3, 2009

The application of third party certification in Malaysia

In fact, third party certification has exist over the years through the internet.

Just see it from Internet explorer. Click the tool button on the top, then click the internet option, and you will see something like this:


Click the "content" as has circled in red on above.


And click the "certificates".


All the above are the certificates for different software we used normally.

In fact, this application has existed in Malaysia too. For example, MSC Trustgate.com Sdn. Bhd.



It was established in 1999 as a licensed Certification Authority (CA) in Malaysia under the Digital Signature Act 1997. [1] Trustgate provides complete security solution and trusted service to secure the open network communications and network electronic transaction. The projects that have been implemented by trustgate such as:
  • E-banking security deployment
  • E-procurement integration
  • User authentication and customer clearance approval system

According to Wikipedia, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a protocol which provide security and data integrity for communication over the network.

It enables applications to transmit information securely. The applications that use SSL protocol will know how to give and receive encryption keys with other application. Besides, it knows how to encrypt and decrypt data too. There are over millions of e-Business providers are using SSL protocol. The reason is that it can ensure customers' online transactions are secured and remain confidential. Sites that will use SSL are those contained login boxes, credit card payments or any personal information. Thus, to use the SSL protocol, a web server need to get an SSL certificate. One of the example will be XRamp Premium Wildcard Certificate.



Besides that, Malaysia government has started to use MyKey which utilize MyKad (Malaysian identity card). It is a digital software governed by Malaysia's Digital Signature Act 1997. [2] MyKey enables the citizen to authenticate themselves online, digitally sign documents, or make transactions with government agencies or private sectors.



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3 comments:

Jian Zhong said...

Nice ya Ee may...

Anonymous said...

i knew d MyKad's function but only used it once when i registered as a member of Body Shop last 2 days.

Monica said...

SSL is a good protocol which can protect us. As i know, in Malaysia still not many e-commerce website has provide this kind of service with their own server.

That why e-commerce still not so active in Malaysia yet. Try to visit other country website like E-bays. They're a very successful e-commerce website in USA. They provide their user a safety way to do the transaction.

E-bay not only provide a safety transaction for B2C, even C2C they also can use Paypal to Protect their customer.

So if Malaysia really want to focus on e-commerce, i think SSL is the main subject that we need to solve.