ISBN 0-471-14178-X (US pbk)

"...a well-written book that will help you understand key issues regarding Internet commerce -- such as the concept of digital money -- and the technology of encryption and 'digital signatures'. Lynch (the founder of CyberCash Inc.) and Lundquist begin by tracing the history of early systems of bartering to our current state of affairs: the exchange of 'digital money' for goods...

"You'll find that with the 10 chapters and two appendices -- 'Classic Cryptography' and 'Regulations Governing Cryptography Export' -- you have enough material to understand both the big picture and the nuts and bolts of Internet commerce." --Peter H.Salus (in Web Developer , July/August 1996).