Re: [PHP] Question about handling credit cards

2004-10-05 Thread Andrew Kreps
On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:49:44 -0700, Ed Lazor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking at online stores and it seems like a lot of them maintain copies > of credit card numbers. Is this true? That seems like a "bad thing" to me, > especially in terms of liability and risk of hackers. On the flip s

Re: [PHP] Question about handling credit cards

2004-10-05 Thread Paul Waring
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 12:29:53 -0400, Gary Hotko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Could you provide more information, code example or a how to to do this.. Have a look at the Mcrypt functions in PHP (you need to complie support for this extension to access these features): http://www.php.net/manual/e

Re: [PHP] Question about handling credit cards

2004-10-05 Thread Gary Hotko
Could you provide more information, code example or a how to to do this.. Thanks On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 15:03:31 -0700, Matthew Fonda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The best way to store credit card numbers is to have them encrypted when > they are stored in the database, and decrypted when they ne

Re: [PHP] Question about handling credit cards

2004-10-04 Thread Matthew Fonda
The best way to store credit card numbers is to have them encrypted when they are stored in the database, and decrypted when they need to be used, that way it will be safer for the most part On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 14:49, Ed Lazor wrote: > I'm looking at online stores and it seems like a lot of them

[PHP] Question about handling credit cards

2004-10-04 Thread Ed Lazor
I'm looking at online stores and it seems like a lot of them maintain copies of credit card numbers. Is this true? That seems like a "bad thing" to me, especially in terms of liability and risk of hackers. On the flip side, it seems like there are legitimate reasons. For example, if you bill th