Re: legalities of encryption - Emailing info

Dixie:

> But isn't he saying that they are using a secure form?  The way I read his
> message is that the customer is on a non secure site until it is time to
> order.  The customer clicks a link to a secure encryption and places the
> order there

The major problem here is the "e-mailing" of the order, including the credit
card information.

There are several methods to use other than this. In many cases, a service
is provided that obtains the customer information and the order totally on
secure servers. Then the only thing transmitted by e-mail is a notice to the
supplier to ship the product to such and such address. The credit card info.
is never sent.

Best wishes
Ted Temer
Temercraft Designs Redding, CA
temer(at)c-zone.net
www.temercraft.com/
www.newsredding.com/


> But isn't he saying that they are using a secure form?  The way I read his
> message is that the customer is on a non secure site until it is time to
> order.  The customer clicks a link to a secure encryption and places the
> order there.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Wilson <webgooru(at)gte.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 10:03 AM
>
> > This is NOT safe enough.  It will also scare away most customers, people
> > today are more conscious about security.   The days when you could get
> away
> > with an unsecure form online are long gone.
>
> >
> > > The site I made has a place where the user can order something on line
> > using
> > > their credit card.  here's how it works:  They enter the main site,
then
> > > click on a link to a secure site.  The page that the user types on has
> the
> > > 'lock' or 'key'.  They enter their visa info, then click on 'submit'.
> > When
> > > they click on the 'submit' button, an email is generated to the
> webmaster
> > > with their form data (their name, credit card number, exp. date, what
> > they're
> > > ordering, etc...).  The recipient of the Email then uses their
> > > already-existing credit card swipe machine to process their order.
This
> > is
> > > how my client wanted it done.
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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