Re: Authorize.net questions ...

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50979
interpreted = N
texte = Velma Kahn: > >AIM. AIM is more secure, and is their preferred method. SIM will be phased > >out after a while. Besides, if anyone has done the coding for the hash SIM > >requires, I haven't seen it (but I haven't been following the list very > >closely). So AIM is easier to do, assuming you are running 4.5 or later. It > >requires a secure TCPCONNECT, which was not available till 4.5.James Wilson: >AIM requires a secure server. > >We have never accepted credit cards (before); we're unsure about how many >transactions we're going to be doing this way. We do not currently run a >secure server and, until we have some sense of how many credit card >transactions we will have, we are not convinced that the volume will >justify the expense of one. > >As a new credit card merchant, SIM seems simpler, less expensive and more >attractive than AIM. (Or would, if I could just get the relevant webcat >code.....)Uh uh umm... Your customers are not willing to enter their credit card numbers on your site without a secure server. True--most of them won't notice--but if they find out they'll feel entirely betrayed. To do online sales you have to have a secure server, or use someone else's. Your credit card provider will also shut down your account (well, not shut down your account, they just won't give you your money) if they find out. Or am I misunderstanding something? (And besides, aside from all that, are you actually willing to have your customers sending their credit card information to you unencrypted over the internet?)Best regards, Velma ---------------------------------------- Velma Kahn Glory Day Software Company 200 Tanager Ln NW, Floyd, Virginia 24091, U.S.A. phone: 540-745-6469 * fax: 651-321-4884 email: vkahn@glorydaysoftware.com http://www.glorydaysoftware.com http://www.communitymade.com http://www.floydcrafts.com ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Authorize.net questions ... (Bob Minor 2003)
  2. Re: Authorize.net questions ... (Kenneth Grome 2003)
  3. Re: Authorize.net questions ... (James D. Wilson 2003)
  4. Re: Authorize.net questions ... (WebCat @ Inkblot Media 2003)
  5. Re: Authorize.net questions ... (Velma Kahn 2003)
  6. Re: Authorize.net questions ... (James D. Wilson 2003)
  7. Re: Authorize.net questions ... (Velma Kahn 2003)
  8. Re: Authorize.net questions ... (Bob Minor 2003)
  9. Re: Authorize.net questions ... (James D. Wilson 2003)
  10. Authorize.net questions ... (Kenneth Grome 2003)
Velma Kahn: > >AIM. AIM is more secure, and is their preferred method. SIM will be phased > >out after a while. Besides, if anyone has done the coding for the hash SIM > >requires, I haven't seen it (but I haven't been following the list very > >closely). So AIM is easier to do, assuming you are running 4.5 or later. It > >requires a secure TCPCONNECT, which was not available till 4.5.James Wilson: >AIM requires a secure server. > >We have never accepted credit cards (before); we're unsure about how many >transactions we're going to be doing this way. We do not currently run a >secure server and, until we have some sense of how many credit card >transactions we will have, we are not convinced that the volume will >justify the expense of one. > >As a new credit card merchant, SIM seems simpler, less expensive and more >attractive than AIM. (Or would, if I could just get the relevant webcat >code.....)Uh uh umm... Your customers are not willing to enter their credit card numbers on your site without a secure server. True--most of them won't notice--but if they find out they'll feel entirely betrayed. To do online sales you have to have a secure server, or use someone else's. Your credit card provider will also shut down your account (well, not shut down your account, they just won't give you your money) if they find out. Or am I misunderstanding something? (And besides, aside from all that, are you actually willing to have your customers sending their credit card information to you unencrypted over the internet?)Best regards, Velma ---------------------------------------- Velma Kahn Glory Day Software Company 200 Tanager Ln NW, Floyd, Virginia 24091, U.S.A. phone: 540-745-6469 * fax: 651-321-4884 email: vkahn@glorydaysoftware.com http://www.glorydaysoftware.com http://www.communitymade.com http://www.floydcrafts.com ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Velma Kahn

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