Credit Card Processing [Was: after SSL]

At 12:17 AM 1/5/2000 , Susan Duncan wrote:
>Ah, now that is a question that is coming up more and more.  It is
>relatively unlikely that the database would be compromised if reasonable
>security is set up on the server.  HOWEVER, more and more credit card
>companies are demanding that the credit card information only be kept on
>the server for processing, and then removed from the database after
>that.

Speaking of which...

Could anyone describe how transaction processing works? When you process an=
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order, how do you connect to the credit card company or clearing house? Is=
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there an HTTP-based protocol? Proprietary software? Is manual intervention=
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needed? How about batch processing? Do you need a Wintel machine or can you=
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do this from ye olde Unix/Perl platform?

Your experience will be much appreciated.

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