Re: [eug-lug]PHP Shopping Carts and Secure Server

[Maximillian Von Schwanekamp]

Comodo should be avoided - they don't own their own root, and the 
company that does is possibly unstable; they're also implicated in spam 
campaigns on Thawte's customers, presumably to keep themselves afloat; 
they're the only CA not WebTrust certified.  FreeSSL.com and Bob's $25 
suggestion 
<http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2003/09/09/do_ssl_certificate_authorities_still_have_a_margin_generating_business_model.html> 
are offered by CAs who own their root and are stable.

Hey Ben I checked out Interchange, and while it's a rockin' cart, like 
most OSS commerce apps it lacks marketing tools.  Do you have personal 
dev experience with Interchange?

Max

Ben Barrett wrote:

alo check out instantssl.com, which is under the comodo group's
certificate path; also rooted in geotrust IIRC...
They have a variety of inexpensive SSL certs, starting at $49 last time
I checked.  I started using them almost 2 years ago, for a client who
recently upgraded to a slightly-beefier package; it works
Cheers,

  Ben B

PS - if you're looking for a serious enterprise-grade free shopping
system, check out interchange, you should be able to find the dev site
via freshmeat.   regards!
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:57:44 -0700
"Maximillian Von Schwanekamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Take a look at osCommerce <http://oscommerce.com>, and pnCommerce 
| <http://www.pncommerce.com> which is a cart module for PostNuke.  
| FishCart <http://www.fishcart.org/> is older, but might be something
| you could build on / customize easily.  These are all PHP4, aimed to 
| implemented on LAMP.
| 
| No, Verisign is not necessarily the best bet.  Entrust, Geotrust and 
| FreeSSL are some other good possibilities offering certs for $150-200.
|  
| If you do go Verisign, go with Thawte, a cert co that got bought by 
| Verisign but which costs much much less.  FreeSSL is only $35, and is 
| actually better than many higher-priced options.  You can get a good 
| run-down at SSL Review's comparison page 
| <http://www.sslreview.com/content/table/index.html>.
| 
| All this said, if your needs are just for a couple of sites, there are
| a lot of options for server-side carts which provide the SSL part
| among other things.  (I worked for locally-founded 1ShoppingCart.com
| for some years doing exactly that). Reply off-list if you want to
| discuss that further, since it's not really on-topic for the list.
| 
| Maximillian Schwanekamp
| 
| 
| James wrote:
| 
| >I'm doing research on what might be the best PHP Shopping cart to use
| >for an e-commerce page.  So far I've found http://cpcommerce.org/ to
| >be pretty nice, but I'm wondering if anyone has any other
| >suggestions.
| >
| >Also, is Verisign my best bet for a secure server to place on the php
| >shopping cart page?
| >
| >I'll be using Mandrake 9.1 for the operating system setup.
| >
| >Thanks
| >
| >James Franssen
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