Re: [cobalt-users] payment method

["Bill" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>I can put the info into a MySQL table but again, I'm not comfortable
enough
>>with the security to do this
>>But I really do want the ability to let the host keep the cc info on hand
>>and then they've got it for monthly billing, extra fees for time spent
>>helping the customer, etc.

>>Does anyone have any suggestions about where I can dump the cc info and be
>>confident that it's safe?

You have mentioned a very important point.  You should not store CC or other
private info on a RaQ or any other server with other hosted clients.  MySQL
is secure enough, in my opinion, but most people use PHP as the frontend.
Of course, on the RaQ, in a shared hosting enviroment with Telnet or SSH,
your customers could simply telnet or SSH in and look into your directory
where your PHP files are.  They could simply vi the php file that connects
to your db and get your login info and then access the CC info.

We keep our customer info in a MySQL database, but, on a server that is used
only for that purpose.  It seems like a waste of a lot of server to have
only a database, but if security is a major concern, and it should be
......

Bill