[aclug-L] Re: Secure Transaction!!

["Clint A. Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>]

Mohammad Islam wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I am (trying to) build a simple shopping cart program in Perl Under
> Linux. I would like to have secure on-line credit-card precerssing
> support. Can anybody tell me how can I accomplish that without paying an
> arm and a leg? What do need in the first place and how can I go about
> doing it? Are there any freeware tools/tutorials out there that I can
> use/read to get an idea?
> 
> Any pointer on this would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Mohammed.
> 
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Before today the best suggestion was the buy the RedHat professional
additional ($120 aprox), which comes with a licensed secure server and a
discount on a certificate. 

But as of today RSA has released its encryption algorithm into the
public domain, so you can freely use apache-SSL as far as I understand.
For debian you can d/l it by pointing apt to any of the non-us mirrors
(stupid US encryption laws), for red hat you'll have look for it. 

I think you'll still need a certificate signed, so the people know your
you, which I thought was $100.

However I am nowhere near an expert, and could be wrong. You can look
for apps on www.freshmeat.net or try searching www.google.com/linux.  

Let us know what you find out, maybe we could go over for this at a
future meeting





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