So how do ISPs and other companies handle storing credit cards? I get regularly charged by several companies, not all of whom would be large enough to have dedicated IT departments. Are they storing the card details and hoping for the best?
I know there are big billing companies who would be expected to have a pretty serious security environment - Plimus comes to mind there - i have 3 accounts for different vendors with them - but conducting a monthly business that bills clients monthly would be impractical if you couldnt store credit card numbers. For my own hosting company, I keep credit card details in a totally off-line system that never touches the internet. But without being able to bill monthly, hosting would not be viable as a business. I would like to have a much better arrangement - it's highly inconvenient having to bill the cards the way we do. I'd like to be able to automate it some how. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 5:54 AM, Phillip Vector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When you talk to Shift4, tell them Joseph Bullock-Palser sent ya. If > they say who is that, tell them it's the developer they fired 3 days > before Christmas after he moved out to work for them. > > Good company for security, Pain in the neck HR rep. > > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Jessica Kennedy > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> so you're saying I shouldn't do it??? =) ok, you convinced me... I was >> pretty nervous about doing that anyway... looks like shift4 will do what I >> need anyway. >> >> and for those of you in a similar situation, i would NOT recommend >> cardservice international for anything even vaguely large-scale. not got at >> all... >> >> thanks for the advice about saving data as separate encrypted fields... I >> really don't have any choice but to collect some sensitive info so I will >> employ that technique... even if the data will only be on the database for a >> max of 20 min, i'm not taking chances! >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:305993 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
