Re: tlug: SSL for Apache web server

[Shigeo Honda <shige@example.com>]

We don't need realtime, automatic credit card processing.
Just for secure card number and information transmission.

Thawte Consulting certificate is sounds good for me.

Thanks,
Shigeo Honda

> wow, that's a LOT of money.  PHT uses Stronghold for our secure webserver.
> They've got a non-US office, so you can theoretically buy it for use in
> Japan.. not sure how much it costs now, it was $1000 when we bought it,
> but that did include SOURCE CODE, and a big box with manuals and stuff,
> and a year's certificate from Thawte Consulting (their certs are only
> $150/year.  And they're recognized by all browsers, just like Verisign's
> are).
> 
> As for credit card handling, well, if you want automatic credit card
> processing, I think that in Japan that may be something that you simply
> can't do - we can't find any software here that handles Japanese cards.
> However, if you only need to handle American cards, and you go through an
> American bank (not likely in your case, eh?), the DOS version of ICVerify
> works great under dosemu.  That's what we're using, actually, for
> automatic credit card processing.
> 
> Let me know if you have any other questions about any of this..
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