zentara wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:32:27 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jimmy
> George) wrote:
>
>
>>Is there any way of encrypting a credit card number etc. so that it can
>>not be seen when being transmitted from desktop to server? The user
>>needs to see what they type to make sure it is correct - so how do we
>>get cgi to encrypt that at the user end before transmission.
>
<snip>
> You can make your own "self-certified certificate", but it
> is not trusted, because no "external authority" like Verisign
> has "endorsed" you as being trustworthy. What is to stop
> people from setting up phony stores with a "self-certified
> certificates", just to collect credit card numbers? The Verisign
> people, and their competitors, investigate your legitimacy, then
> they give you a "signed certificate" to use in your web server.
<snip>
<obligatory microsoft bash>
With the exception of micro$oft internet explorer which still doesn't
handle this correctly, which is what all the news has been about lately.
</obligatory microsoft bash>
use Mozilla;
(Had to get that out of my system, carry on....)
http://danconia.org
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