RE: [cobalt-developers] SSL on RAQ 4 basic help

["Will Eberle" <will@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: "Hosting Sales" <hosting@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-developers] SSL on RAQ 4 basic help
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:28:34 -0500
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to set-up a secure connection for a client who wants users
> to
> > enter credit card details on a web page and then have these emailed to
> > them.


I guess many folks want to do many things, and if the ads are to be
believed, you can do anything with computers. But, even dumb customers
aren't entering their credit card numbers into blank spaces on webpages
these days!
 One of the major problems facing "ecommerce" involves just what you ponder.
How to securely handle credit cards? I, and apparently most other folks,
will NOT allow my cc number to be entered into a database. Period. In my own
consultancy, I advise clients to implement the following. Include a phone
number on the webpage or online catalog so customers can call and verbally
give their cc # to your agent who types the number directly into a cc
terminal which produces a receipt without the full number showing. This
accomplishes 3 things. Most importantly, customers will use this method. It
is the only payment scheme that has shown a widespread approval rating.
Second, you know if the card is good right then and there. And, pretty
important to me, the money goes in my account without any further ado. This
is a no-brainer, folks. On the same level with using a pen and a $2 paper
address book to keep phone numbers in instead of using a stylus to enter
names into a $499 Palm because it will not synch properly, isn't a phone and
costs $100+ a month in charges for a wireless email service that only works
in major cities.