RE: Protecting CC Numbers

2002-10-07 Thread David Gerler
-Original Message- From: Michael T. Babcock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:18 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Protecting CC Numbers Hack Hawk wrote: >> This implies hard-coding a private key and password somewhere on your >>

Re: protecting CC numbers

2002-10-07 Thread William R. Mussatto
On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, David Gerler wrote: > Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 14:21:11 -0400 > From: David Gerler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Mysql <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: protecting CC numbers > > Hi, > I am working on an application that will need to store users CC > numbers so that they can be c

Re: Protecting CC Numbers

2002-10-07 Thread Michael T. Babcock
Hack Hawk wrote: >> This implies hard-coding a private key and password somewhere on your >> system. This type of system (IMO) should NEVER be connected to the >> Internet. > > Agreed and doubly agreed. In fact, I'd say you should never save a CC # in your database _ever_ unless you're

RE: protecting CC numbers

2002-10-06 Thread Erlend Hopsø Strømsvik
One other thing.. If something goes wrong or some costumers complain about being charged without their request etc. the credit card companies can come after you. And if they are able to prove that you have not done everything you should to keep the CC information secure and that your routines we

Re: protecting CC numbers

2002-10-06 Thread Phil Ellett
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mysql" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 7:57 PM Subject: Re: protecting CC numbers > At 11:21 AM 10/06/2002, David Gerler wrote: > >Hi, > >Can someone give me an overview > >of protecting the numbers with mysql and SS

Re: protecting CC numbers

2002-10-06 Thread Hack Hawk
At 11:21 AM 10/06/2002, David Gerler wrote: >Hi, >Can someone give me an overview >of protecting the numbers with mysql and SSL? Will the SSL protect the >numbers when they are stored on the site? Or just when they are >transmitted? Should I use something like PGP to encrypt the numbers >before st