I only received this an hour ago. I would very much like to attend, but can't put my fingers on the detailed analysis of FV's flaws in their system, which I would like to bring up in person at this seminar. Could someone please point me in the right direction? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 09:51:56 -0400 From: Sue Davidsen <davidsen@umich.edu> To: michlib-l@mlink.hh.lib.umich.edu Subject: Seminar Announcement Commerce on the Internet 7:00 PM Thursday, October 10, 1996 Room N130 New Business Building, MSU Dr. Nathaniel Borenstein, Chief Scientist, First Virtual Holdings, Inc., is known worldwide as a leading developer of Internet technologies, including the MIME standard and the First Virtual Payment System. In this presentation on commerce on the Internet he will discuss: The limitations of current encryption schemes The technical aspects of the First Virtual payment scheme The future of commerce on the Internet Dr. Borenstein contributed to the development of numerous Internet technologies including the MIME standard (used for email attachments and Web content typing), Andrew, metamail, ATOMICMAIL, and Safe-Tcl. Dr. Borenstein devised the First Virtual payment system, a popular mechanism for conducting commerce on the Internet. [a lot of cute biographical details left out, I'm not impressed]