AN XML-BASED PLATFORM FOR E-GOVERNMENT SERVICES DEPLOYMENT
Keywords:
XML, E-Government, E-Voting, Transaction Services, IPsec, VPN, Authentication, Security, SSL/TLS, GSM/WAP, J2EEAbstract
Transaction services that enable the on-line acquisition of information, the submission of forms and televoting, are currently viewed as the future of E-Government. Deploying such services requires platform independent access and communications security as a basis. This paper presents a platform for supporting E-Government services in a highly distributed public network environment, based on XML protocols. We discuss the technical details of the developed software that implements these XML protocols. The platform relies on the well-established IPsec and SSL/TLS technologies for ensuring the security of the critical, egovernment related data, exchanged over the public network.
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