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Re: [TCLUG:906] Web Credit Transactions - Some Pointers???



Hit your favorite search engine and look for SET (secure electronic
transfer, I think). There is a whole bunch of whitepapers on stuff
like this.

Quoting Scott K. Johnson (sjohnson@bitstream.net):
> Hello all,
> 
> I need some advice on a project I've just started...
> 
> What are good/safe methods to conduct credit card transactions over the
> internet?  Obviously a secure web server, but what else do I need to be
> thinking about??  I would think that you would not want to store the card
> numbers on the server long...what methods may be used to take care of them
> and get them to a safe location as soon as possible?  Where is a good place
> to start looking for information??  I will probably want to run apache for
> the server software - any better suggestions or items I need to consider?
> 
> I will also need to provide user authentication on certain web pages...where
> can I get more information around that?
> 
> Any advice from those who have tackled such things before would be greatly
> appreciated!!!
> 
> Thank you very much in advance!!!
> 
> Scott K. Johnson
> sjohnson@bitstream.net
> 
> 
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