From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 7 20:56:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F79C16A4CE for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:56:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from zcamail05.zca.compaq.com (zcamail05.zca.compaq.com [161.114.32.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D9D043D49 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:56:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jason.sheets@hp.com) Received: from cacexg11.americas.cpqcorp.net (cacexg11.americas.cpqcorp.net [16.92.1.67]) by zcamail05.zca.compaq.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC444BBDB; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:55:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from idbexc01.americas.cpqcorp.net ([16.88.97.3]) by cacexg11.americas.cpqcorp.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.0); Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:55:50 -0700 x-mimeole: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:57:30 -0600 Message-ID: <2D8BB15C7B5C214F81C32D3A83B32736FE6C18@idbexc01.americas.cpqcorp.net> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Update Databases from Webserver Thread-Index: AcSVDuMub/8LVpfgQG6v+2Gf3li6GwADjetA From: "Sheets, Jason (OZ CEEDR)" To: "Peter Risdon" , "FreeBSD Mail Lists" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Sep 2004 20:55:50.0886 (UTC) FILETIME=[0ED84060:01C4951D] cc: Questions Subject: RE: Update Databases from Webserver X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 20:56:05 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Peter Risdon > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 1:14 PM > To: FreeBSD Mail Lists > Cc: Questions > Subject: Re: Update Databases from Webserver >=20 > FreeBSD Mail Lists wrote: > > Peter, Thanks for your response. In response to > > > >> You don't say why you'd want to do this. If you want to allow > >> customers of an e-commerce site to avoid repeating their details > >> whenever they want to buy, perhaps consider basing the payment > >> backend around PayPal. The need for users to authenticate in order > >> to make a payment hasn't brought e-Bay to its knees. > > > > > > Pretty much the end result would be Amazon like with the customer > > being able to choose a previously used card. Is this possible > > without storing credit card numbers or using paypal? > > >=20 > Well, yes, this is a convenience. But there's a very good reason why you > only find this at very big online retailers like Amazon: It's a biggie. > All the replies you had that I've seen point this out one way or another. Exactly right, I would look for a credit card processing company that supports the functionality you are looking for and use their existing functionality and let them absorb the liability if something horrible were to happen. You generally don't want to be the company or person that is responsible for exposing financial information. Jason >=20 > Peter. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"