Re: Web Payment PoC for semi-public testing

Hi Anders,

What are the advantages of using the web2native bridge versus calling a
native application listening on a non-standard port at 127.0.0.1?

Adrian

On 31 August 2015 at 16:02, Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Payment-Gurus,
>
> If you have the possibility installing system software like Java SE on a
> PC or MAC at your disposal,
> you can test an early version [1] of a decentralized [2], wallet-based [3]
> Web Payment system.   I will
> later create a short YouTube video that (hopefully) will explain the
> concept for non-programmers.
>
> For those of you who are in the process of creating some kind of Web
> Payment standard, I believe
> the fact that the PoC system relies on a single and pretty universal (not
> "payment flavored"),
> method added to the browser [4],  should be of some interest.
>
> Although the scope of this project extends quite a bit beyond security, it
> may be worth mentioning
> that the system uses an enhanced smart card for holding payment
> credentials (albeit in a software
> version to make testing feasible without shipping hardware).
>
> After installing the Wallet software, you can try out the PoC at:
> https://test.webpki.org/webpay-merchant
>
> I'm currently working on a second generation that will contain an equally
> decentralized scheme for
> protecting card data in traditional card networks , which is not based on
> Tokenization since I have found
> out that the EMVCo Tokenization scheme has severe scalability issues.
>
> The system currently lacks some documentation...
> Anyway, I'm always responding quickly to questions if you have some :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Anders
> Performing his weekly update
>
> 1] Getting the PoC software:
> https://github.com/cyberphone/web2native-bridge#installation
>
> 2] Decentralized payments:
> http://webpki.org/papers/decentralized-payments.pdf
>
> 3] The Wallet:
> https://github.com/cyberphone/web2native-bridge/blob/release/webpayment.client/src/org/webpki/w2nb/webpayment/client/Wallet.java#L116
>
> 4] The added browser method:
> https://github.com/cyberphone/web2native-bridge#api
>
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