In the current bandwidth market, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide guaranteed Internet bandwidth within their domains. However, they are incapable of providing such assurances for data crossing their domain boundaries. In this paper, we present a spot pricing scheme for Internet bandwidth contracts within an ISP domain. These models when implemented at access or exchange points of diffe...

Internet services in distributive organization are normally built on an open network environment. In the environment internet service provisioning cannot be expected executing in a single close organization [1]. Identity management in cross-organization becomes an issue for handling Internet service and distributive business process. The “identity” in cross-organization web service is defined a...

Internet fraud has been on the rise in online consumer-to-consumer (C2C) auction markets, posing serious challenges to people’s trust in electronic markets. Among various remedies to promote trust and reduce trader’s risk, online escrow service has been proposed as a trusted third party to protect online transactions from Internet fraud. However, whether an escrow service constitutes a viable b...

Database Service Provider (DSP) is a provider in the Internet that provides service in maintaining data so users can access their data anytime and anywhere from the Internet. DSP model introduces several challenges. An important issue is data confidentiality. In this paper we propose a Usage Control (UCON) model and architecture that can be enforced to support data confidentiality in DSP model....

Email is one of the most important of the Internet services. As a very large, fast growing, Internet Service Provider, EarthLink requires a robust and powerful email architecture that will support rapid expansion. This paper describes such an architecture, its motivations, its future, and the di culties in implementing a service on this scale.