On Feb 9, 2004, at 6:27 PM, Alvaro Zuniga wrote:

> Hi Shannon:
> This is the reason I am inquiring about this before I reply to this 
> requres. I do not want to compromise the security of the data and I 
> think this is as far as I can go saving CC info. It is already bad 
> enough to know that the data is as secure as the passphrase but I 
> guess that is not my problem, is it? I should probably look further 
> into the limits of the liability.
>
> What's a good place written in the cookbook fashion to chack on that?
>

Personally, I have no idea where to find good info on this sort of 
thing.  Unless of course you "Ask Slashdot" :-)  But then again, you 
would get lots of the same stuff, and no real useful information.

Is this a web business?  As in, are customers coming to there website 
and placing orders?  Or is this just a records keeping tool that is 
used internally in the company for the salespeople?  I would think this 
would make a vast difference.

Personally, I would find an attorney that would consult you on the 
issues for a reasonable amount.

Shannon

>
> thanks,
>
> Alvaro Zuniga
>
> Shannon Roddy wrote:
>> On Feb 9, 2004, at 5:54 PM, Jim Carter wrote:
>>> What's the URL?
>>>
>>> Jim
>> Yeah, we could all get rich overnight....
>> One other thing to think about though if you are acting as a 
>> consultant to this person and the CC #s get stolen, you may have some 
>> liability on your hands.  IANAL but I would be hesitant to do this 
>> without checking into the limits of the liability.
>> Shannon
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>>> Behalf Of Alvaro Zuniga
>>> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 5:19 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: [brlug-general] Securing Database Information
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello everyone:
>>> I have a question regarding saving credit card information to a
>>> database. This is what I normally do although my preference is not 
>>> to do
>>>
>>> it at all of course:
>>>
>>> 1. use a SSL connection
>>> 2. encrypt with a passphrase obtained from the user
>>> 3. send the encrypted data to a database and then using something
>>> further like ENCODE in the case of MySQL.
>>>
>>> Then, to show data to the user I reverse the process.
>>>
>>> My question is: what is the safest way if any, to obtain critical 
>>> data
>>> from multiple users and show this data to others. This data will be
>>> internet accessible on a shared hosting environment.
>>>
>>> This is for someone who insists in having the credit card 
>>> information on
>>>
>>> the database, against my advise and who knows why. I figured using
>>> encryption would take care of that but it is limited to one user or 
>>> at
>>> least one user knowing the passphrase. Now this application needs to 
>>> be
>>> expanded to have multiple sale representatives. How do I go about 
>>> that!
>>>
>>> Thank you for your help.
>>>
>>> Alvaro Zuniga
>>>
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