Eeks. This is a great topic to get super vage info since we're all shooting to protect our data and not get sued.
Encrypt it and don't lable the filed names like CreditCard or CC Uses something which won't lead the hacker believe it's a CC field. Ever better encrypt every field in the table and use a seperate key with every column. Yes, your playing by ear when you do stuff like this but hey, so are the people who process these high risk things. If your not on a dedicated box with dedicated database i wouldn't recommend it period. have a note or something instead that mentions we will call you to assist in final arrangements and payment.. Casey If your not doing 100,000 plus transactions then your not someone like paypal or On 1/12/06, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm... I'm going to look into that Bryan. I didn't know processors generally > gave functionality to store and query CC nums by customer - I'll see if mine > does it. > > Baz > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 7:17 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Encrypt CC number and store in DB > > The best way is DO NOT DO IT. > > No I'm not just being sarcastic....but there should be no reason to do > this....if it's for recurring billing or for future orders...this can all be > > setup with your CC processing company...they store the CC Cnum and give you > a > customer ID to store and use for future Txs.....they spend all the $$ on > security and liability insurance....why should you ;-) > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > phone: 250.480.0642 > fax: 250.480.1264 > cell: 250.920.8830 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: www.electricedgesystems.com > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:229417 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
