Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 40050
interpreted = N
texte = On 11/12/01 7:10 PM, Paul Uttermohlen wrote:> I have been known to occasionally do something moronic, so I can say > to my fellow morons if you are doing something as insecure as saving > a persons credit card number as a cookie, don't do that! Save data of > that nature only in a database and never send it in email or display > it on an non-encrypted page that is not password protected. Also If your sticking it in a database I would encrypt it with a seed so if your data is comprised it won't lead to hefty lawsuits. But this is also part of good applications development. Robert Minor Director of Internet Services ------------------------------------------------------------ Cybermill Communications http://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.comProviding Ecommerce and interactive website development and hosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, Unix, and AS/400.All your websites are belong to us! ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
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  3. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Bob Minor 2001)
  4. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Paul Uttermohlen 2001)
  5. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
  6. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Bob Minor 2001)
  7. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
  8. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (John Peacock 2001)
  9. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (John Peacock 2001)
  10. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Glenn Busbin 2001)
  11. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Bob Minor 2001)
  12. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
  13. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (dale 2001)
  14. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (John Peacock 2001)
  15. Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (dale 2001)
On 11/12/01 7:10 PM, Paul Uttermohlen wrote:> I have been known to occasionally do something moronic, so I can say > to my fellow morons if you are doing something as insecure as saving > a persons credit card number as a cookie, don't do that! Save data of > that nature only in a database and never send it in email or display > it on an non-encrypted page that is not password protected. Also If your sticking it in a database I would encrypt it with a seed so if your data is comprised it won't lead to hefty lawsuits. But this is also part of good applications development. Robert Minor Director of Internet Services ------------------------------------------------------------ Cybermill Communications http://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.comProviding Ecommerce and interactive website development and hosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, Unix, and AS/400.All your websites are belong to us! ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Bob Minor

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