alan-oscommerce Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 Hi, I have been asked to provide an on-line catalogue for an Irish charity organisation, I need to decide on a secure payment method but I am nervous about making a mistake with the pricing estimation for the Charity. I have done a lot reading about the SSL requirements etc.. and have come up with the following possibilities. A. Purchase no Certificate and redirect to thwate for the processing of the order ($180 setup + $240 p/a recurring) B. Purchase a security certiificate from GeoTrust and use authorize.net or euroconex.com to process my credit card transactions. ($200 for cert and varying fees per tx) The site is hosted on a shared server which does not have a shared SSL area for general use. My worries are: 1. If I go the thwate route, will this mean I will have to do a lot of tweaking with osCommerce (PHP skills are good)? 2. If I go the GeoTrust route will there be issues installing the cert on a shared hosting platform? 3. Again, if I go the GeoTrust route, will there be any issues with this site being hosted in Ireland? 4. Am I missing or overlooking any serious issues here that could send me back to the drawing board after making purchases? Any help / suggestions / abuse for incompetence / etc.... is greatly appreciated. Regards, Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 Take a look at http://www.instantssl.com/ pricing is very competitive. Thomas Hi, The site is hosted on a shared server which does not have a shared SSL area for general use. My worries are: 1. If I go the thwate route, will this mean I will have to do a lot of tweaking with osCommerce (PHP skills are good)? 2. If I go the GeoTrust route will there be issues installing the cert on a shared hosting platform? 3. Again, if I go the GeoTrust route, will there be any issues with this site being hosted in Ireland? 4. Am I missing or overlooking any serious issues here that could send me back to the drawing board after making purchases? Any help / suggestions / abuse for incompetence / etc.... is greatly appreciated. Regards, Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan-oscommerce Posted May 24, 2003 Author Share Posted May 24, 2003 Hi Thomas, I saw that site reviewed on http://www.whichssl.org. They said that these certs are fine for commeical applications but I am worried a little about the 2 cert install and the fact that some browsers will have issues with these? Have you any experience with these? Thanks, Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 Read the thread at: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/viewtopic.php...icates&start=10 Hi Thomas, I saw that site reviewed on http://www.whichssl.org. They said that these certs are fine for commeical applications but I am worried a little about the 2 cert install and the fact that some browsers will have issues with these? Have you any experience with these? Thanks, Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemonj Posted May 25, 2003 Share Posted May 25, 2003 The 2 cert install is very common and easy to do. I have InstantSSL certs for all of my sites and do not have a problem at all. "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - A. Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan-oscommerce Posted May 25, 2003 Author Share Posted May 25, 2003 thanks for the tips. Going to try and go with that. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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