Credit card solutions

[ukracer]

Hi

 

Having spent a week researching the solution I need to set up a very basic version of OScommerce I have decided I am now more confused than ever.

 

All I need is to set up oscommerce so the credit card details are available for the store owner in that he can then process them manually and dispatch the order. SOme carts store the details on line in a data base but I feel this is not secure enough. so how does oscommerce actually store and or pass details via an admin login?

 

I have to admit that SSL and secure servers etc etc are something I know very little about and speaking to my hosting company I was amazed to learn that SSL means purely that any details sent to that SS server are encrypted BUT anything sent back out such as confirmation pages

are not encrypted.

 

In the absence of a FAQ that covers this. I knows its not oscommerce specific anyway......could some kind person produce a laymans guide to what is available what can be done and how secure it all is and then how to implement each solution into OScommerce.

 

If this has been done in a FAQ or other solution please accept my apologies, but I cant find it and a search on the subject produces mixed results...........thanks in advance

 

ukr

[mattice]

SSL is just a way of encrypting data between client & server. So your hosting company is wrong.

If I sent confirmation page back to the client through SSL mode it will be secure.

 

osCommerce is designed to operate under SSL if needed. This means if your server supports SSL you tell osCommerce so and it will encrypt any 'personal detail' page, like login, address book and checkout.

 

If you accept creditcards through the cc.php module you will need to specify an e-mail address. That email address will receive the middle 8 digits of any creditcard number used to pay the shop. The database will contain the rest of the creditcard number ie 4955-xxxx-xxxx-5677.

You as the admin combine the e-mail and the order in the Admin.

This is done as a safety measure.

 

HTH

Mattice