David, We agree with you about SSL. It's a high priority item for us. It's just a bit more work for us to make this piece work.
You may want to look into using a third-party provider for payments, though. I bring this up simply because unless you are a billing provider, dealing with money, payments and subscriptions is a mess and it would be a good idea to outsource it so you can focus on your core product. Here's a startup I've heard a bit about that isn't PayPal or Google Checkout: http://chargify.com/ There are also others, and I'd like to welcome folks to post providers they use. -- Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine Blogger: http://googleappengine.blogspot.com Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine Twitter: http://twitter.com/app_engine On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:20 AM, David Parks <davidpark...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Great info, this is exactly what I couldn't track down, thanks! I'll keep > apprised of changes, that might just coincide with our release, or at least > shortly thereafter and I'll be able to migrate back onto GAE soon. > > I can't imagine lack of SSL not being a showstopper, to me it makes a > webhosting provider irrelevant without it. Specifically we will process > credit card transactions and need to accept and relay the financial data > (not just doing a paypal/google payments re-directs because we offer a more > complex auto re-charge option requiring us to handle the card info and > obtain a transaction id for future reference). Beyond that in general I > don't want account pages unsecured. I can't think of many websites of > significance that don't employ SSL somewhere. > > And of course re-directs to myapp.appspot.com is just unprofessional, > unacceptable, and I imagine a pain in the rear with cookie/session issues > (that's would be one ugly hack). > > Thanks for the quick and detailed response! It was very helpful! > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: google-appengine@googlegroups.com > [mailto:google-appeng...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 10:10 PM > To: Google App Engine > Subject: [google-appengine] Re: Roadmap for SSL on 3rd party domains? > > According to the issue tracker someone started working on it last > week: http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=792 > > According to the App Engine For Business Roadmap it will be a limited > release by the end of this year: > http://code.google.com/appengine/business/roadmap.html > > What I really would like to know is how they're going to do it: sni (could > be free once you have the cert), fixed ip (will cost something) or some > other voodoo. > > I don't see why this is a showstopper for you though. > > > On Oct 20, 7:03 am, David Parks <davidpark...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > All the posts about this seem to be from 2008. > > > > I see SSL for 3rd party domains is on the roadmap. > > > > Anyone have any insight about approximately when this might become a > > reality? > > > > I started developing an app for app-engine, but this is an obvious > > show stopper that I overlooked. I need to know if I should jump ship > > early or keep onboard. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-appengine%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-appengine%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
