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Building E-Commerce

December 15, 1998

By Oliver Rist This Network Design Manual chapter deals with creating an e-commerce project from the ground up. Sounds simple, right? While all e-commerce server implementations share a number of underlying similarities in, the term "e-commerce" can be interpreted in many ways, each with its own idiosyncrasies. . Furthermore, the concept of e-commerce is getting broader by the minute and each version can take you in a radically different direction.

Below you will find our complete guide to the intricacies of building e-commerce from the ground up.

Introduction

To Host or Not to Host

Finding Bandwidth

Outsourcing Brain Power

Keep It in the Family

Do-It-Yourself E-commerce

Finally, Building the Server

The Key to Performance: Scalability

Hosting Revisited

The Customer is Always Right

Security Issues

Electronic Payments

Summary

Diagrams:

The Need For Speed

Emergency Back-up Plan

Online Credit Architecture

Load Balancing vs. MPP

ISP Connectivity Strategies

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