Offline credit card module disallowed by some hosts?

[Vger]

Um ... so, is the point of your post just to say "don't get hacked" ?

No, the point of the post is that in another thread he is trying to justify storing card details on a shared server.

Vger

[infocom]

well, the posts imply that if you really want to be safe then use a gateway like protx or paypal. but then i thought if the site is hacked then even those aren't safe are they, because a hacker could intercept anything on the site before they go there. so i just wanted to say in doesnt matter if you use something like Ceon, or if you use paypal/protx/etc because if a hacker could get in they could get the details regardless.

if I'm wrong correct me, but thats how I see it so just wanted to confirm that. its because I am using ceon on some sites, and from what I say, believe it to be as safe as paypal, as long as a hacker does not get in.

[infocom]

in another thread he is trying to justify storing card details on a shared server.

well, yes and no. i dont agree in storing ALL data, I really dont want to, but to process them manually you have to have some storage method somewhere. I just want to make sure the method used is the most secure way of doing this in Zencart. My point is that I THINK using ceon would be just as secure as Paypal, IF getting the card data relies on someone hacking the site.

[Merlinpa1969]

if you want completly secure un plug it and take cash through a little drawer through bullet proof glass,


as far as storing the numbers it just plain stupid and violates most cc company and merchant agreements,

so the short is

it dosnt matter how safe or unsae you think it is,
its up to the folks that allow you to take these CC....

and Visa Mc AMEX and Disc...

if you violate their tos and they jerk your abillity to use their cards then your out of luck.....

I think a much better place to ask these questions of yours is from your CC Merchant.

[Vger]

Well said.

Vger

if you want completly secure un plug it and take cash through a little drawer through bullet proof glass,


as far as storing the numbers it just plain stupid and violates most cc company and merchant agreements,

so the short is

it dosnt matter how safe or unsae you think it is,
its up to the folks that allow you to take these CC....

and Visa Mc AMEX and Disc...

if you violate their tos and they jerk your abillity to use their cards then your out of luck.....

I think a much better place to ask these questions of yours is from your CC Merchant.