Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Hun Myoung Park
Author-Name-First: Hun
Author-Name-Last: Park
Author-Email: kucc625@iuj.ac.jp
Author-Workplace-Name: International University of Japan
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/
Title: The Web Accessibility Crisis of Korea's Electronic Government: Fatal Consequences of the Digital Signature Act and Public Key Certificate
Abstract: Korea's e-government ranked top in e-government benchmarking for the past five years but showed relatively lower scores in Web accessibility. As a result of the Digital Signature Act, public key certificate was introduced and digital certificate software was developed using de  facto technology standards, Microsoft ActiveX. Government, certificate authorities, and certificate consumers all overlooked the implications of using Microsoft standards and ignored criticisms of those who do not use Microsoft products. Government failed to implement digital signature policy successfully. Its consequences include unbelievable Microsoft monopoly with almost 99 percent market shares of Microsoft products, chronic addiction to Microsoft standards, bad computing practices, and fatal Web accessibility problems. ActiveX should be removed immediately to support diverse operating systems and Web browsers. Eventually current client-side certificate should be switched to serverside system. This paper calls for careful evaluation of Korea's e-government.
Length: 26 pages
Creation-Date: 2012-01
Number: EMS_2012_01
File-URL: https://www.iuj.ac.jp/workingpapers/index.cfm?File=EMS_2012_01.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2012
File-Size: 223KB
Handle: RePEc:iuj:wpaper:EMS_2012_01