Re: [PHP] Secure storage of credit card information

2002-04-10 Thread heinisch
At 10.04.2002 11:48, you wrote: >I'm working on a e commerce site and I need to store the credit card info >of people who purchase stuff, on the site. How can I encrypt the credit card ># put it in a dbase and decrypt it when I need to > >Using Php4.* and Mysql. The first thing I would sugges

RE: [PHP] Secure storage of credit card information

2002-04-10 Thread Cal Evans
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 12:07 PM To: 'Someone Somewhere'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Secure storage of credit card information Storing credit card numbers is dangerous, look at the mcrypt functions like previously mentioned. I would encrypt the use

RE: [PHP] Secure storage of credit card information

2002-04-10 Thread SHEETS,JASON (Non-HP-Boise,ex1)
Storing credit card numbers is dangerous, look at the mcrypt functions like previously mentioned. I would encrypt the user's credit card number with a key based on their account password this gives you the ability to not store the encryption key on the webserver. You should mangle it, encrypt i

RE: [PHP] Secure storage of credit card information

2002-04-10 Thread Cal Evans
DISCLAIMER: Use this advice at your own risk. If you take my advice and your cc numbers still get stolen, your fault, not mine. By continuing to read this, you agree to these terms. Put them in a separate database, on a different server, behind a firewall, that is ONLY running MySQL and sh. Shut

RE: [PHP] Secure storage of credit card information

2002-04-10 Thread Nathan Cassano
If I where in your shoes I would encrypt the accounts with Mcrypt, setup a separate database, on a separate computer, communicating on a low speed serial line (4800 baud) using ppp, fully fire walling the connection and doing mass logging. Mcrypt Encryption Functions http://www.php.net/manual/e

Re: [PHP] Secure storage of credit card information

2002-04-10 Thread Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos
Lookup in the manual about the mcrypt functions On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Someone Somewhere wrote: > I'm working on a e commerce site and I need to store the credit card info > of people who purchase stuff, on the site. How can I encrypt the credit card > # put it in a dbase and decrypt it when I