Re: IrFM Voucher Profile was Published Today [FYI]

dee3@pothole.com Thu, 05 August 2004 04:09 UTC

Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 00:08:19 -0400
From: dee3@pothole.com
Subject: Re: IrFM Voucher Profile was Published Today [FYI]
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To: Ko Fujimura <fujimura@isl.ntt.co.jp>
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Congratulations.

Thanks,
Donald
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On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Ko Fujimura wrote:

> Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:29:39 +0900
> From: Ko Fujimura <fujimura@isl.ntt.co.jp>
> To: ietf-trade@lists.elistx.com
> Cc: Ko Fujimura <fujimura@isl.ntt.co.jp>
> Subject: IrFM Voucher Profile was Published Today [FYI]
> 
> Hello IETF trade mailing list,
>
> I'm happy to announce that IrDA (Infrared Data Association)
> published a new specification:
> "Infrared Financial Messaging Voucher Profile (IrVoucher)"
>
> I think this is the first standard protocol for issuing/redeeming
> vouchers. In the IETF trade WG, we also developed voucher-related
> specifications, i.e., XML Voucher and VTS-API.
> So, I hope you are also interested in this spec.
>
> The IrVoucher spec can be downloaded from the following URL:
> http://irda.affiniscape.com/displayemailforms.cfm?emailformnbr=27925
>
> Extracted text from the specification:
>
>> 1. Introduction
>> 
>> This document, Infrared Financial Messaging Voucher Profile
>> (IrVoucher),describes the structure, protocol, and security
>> model for issuing and redeeming vouchers based on the Infrared
>> Financial Messaging (IrFM) architecture [IrFM]. A voucher is
>> a digital representation of the right to claim goods, service,
>> or monetary values and covers ticket, coupons, and gift
>> certificates. Voucher is an important application of local
>> wireless communication such as by infrared communication systems,
>> since it is generally purchased or acquired using an Internet-
>> enabled device, e.g., PDA or cellular phone, and user’s
>> approval of the redemption is sent from the user device to a
>> point-of-service (POS) device, e.g., toll gate, turnstiles,
>> and vending machines, in the real world using local wireless
>> communication.
>> 
>> An important requirement of the voucher protocol is security.
>> A voucher is a financial instrument and several attacks, such as
>> voucher forgery, alteration, and duplicate redemption, need to be
>> considered for the creation and redemption transactions. It is
>> not easy to design or implement a secure protocol and its
>> development costs would be excessive if each specific voucher
>> required a dedicated protocol. The IrFM group has thus determined
>> to define a generic voucher protocol capable of trading a wide
>> variety of vouchers and of being shared by a large number of
>> issuers or service providers.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ko
>
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Re: IrFM Voucher Profile was Published Today [FYI] dee3
IrFM Voucher Profile was Published Today [FYI] Ko Fujimura