PCI and Authorize.net SIM

[hermes369]

I've been through the wringer with this. I'll try to be brief:
1. Received Elavon letter indicating our need to be PCI Compliant.
2. Learned quickly, that as a Level 4 merchant, Elavon is a band of extortionists.
3. Paid protection money to Elavon. Our server fails tests by McAfee Secure.
4. We're on a shared server, so we're always going to be non-compliant.
5. If we handed the entering of cardholder data to Authorize.net via the SIM module, we might be OK.
6. Scoured fora for info on the SIM module, not very promising.


So, does the SIM module work? If so, shouldn't this satisfy the potential PCI Compliance issues since Authorize.net is fully PCI/DSS Compliant? I'm certain I'm not the only one with this problem. Can we throw together a SIM module where all cardholder data is entered strictly on the Authorize.net side?

Please help! I'm losing hair and trying to calm myself with soft pillows and Zamfir. Ok, no Zamfir.
Thanks

[kobra]

Don't let them extort you, seek the certified host in the link above that starts with "C" and be happy and you can tell them to stuff it

[hermes369]

I was afraid of that. I guess I'm being too sentimental. I've been with HostMySite.com for years and have sung their praises only to be totally left hanging when this PCI crap emerged. I think I'm trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.

I'll look through the offerings above. In the meantime, the client in question did a Google search found the first result that said PCI compliant and chose them without too much input from me. Now I'm stuck on a host with no ssh. I need ssh and despite this particular host's protestations that you can't have ssh and be PCI compliant I know they are full of it; my client doesn't, so there we'll sit.

Great.

[Merlinpa1969]

you can have ssh and be PCI compliant

you can be PCI compliant on shared servers,

PCI Compliance while a pain to get right the first time is not hard to maintain, however we have seen alot of hosts that are just not willing to put in the work

and a Nod of thanx to Kobra