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        RFC 1898:

        Title:      CyberCash Credit Card Protocol Version 0.8
        Author:     D. Eastlake 3rd, B. Boesch, S. Crocker & M. Yesil
        Date:       February 1996
        Mailbox:    dee@cybercash.com, boesch@cybercash.com,
                    crocker@cybercash.com, magdalen@cybercash.com
        Pages:      52
        Characters: 113,633
        Updates/Obsoletes:  none

        URL:        ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1898.txt


CyberCash is developing a general payments system for use over the
Internet.  The structure and communications protocols of version 0.8
are described.  This version includes credit card payments only.
Additional capabilities are planned for future versions.  This
document covers only the current CyberCash system which is one of the
few operational systems in the rapidly evolving area of Internet
payments. CyberCash is committed to the further development of its
system and to cooperation with the Internet Engineering Task Force and
other standards organizations.

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Joyce K. Reynolds
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