Quote Originally Posted by RodG View Post
I don't wish to add to any possible confusion, but I disagree with what 'muzz' has written,

A shared SSL is no less secure than one you purchase yourself.

If I were you I'd enable the shared SSL, do a test purchase and see if you get any scary warnings - if not, then neither will your customers, if so, then ask yourself if YOU would proceed if confronted with the same message if you were going to purchase from another store. If you wouldn't, then neither will your customers... so buy your own cert.
They are pretty cheap these days.

Oh, finally, if you aren't directly handling credit card details, eg, if you are using PayPal, then you probably don't even *need* SSL enabled anyway.. the confidential information will be encrypted by PayPal itself.

Cheers
Rod (adv dip network security)
RodG,

Thanks for your reply I'm hearing and feeling what you're saying and no you're not adding any confusion I appreciate hearing what you have to say.

I was also told that a shared SSL is no less secure than one you purchase yourself, but I thought I would come over to the forum and post the question and see what the experts had to say.

Yes, I'm using PayPal, so I'm not handling any credit card details, but I haven't done a test purchase yet, but I have went as far as getting to the PayPal screen where you have to login and I see the https and the lock in my browser, so I think I'm ok.

I will have to do a full test run next week if you know what I mean it's not payday yet.

Thanks again!
cameo