On 08/03/2010, at 12:50 PM, Rainer Brockerhoff wrote: > At 12:33 +1100 08/03/10, Karl Goiser wrote: >> When I contacted eSellerate, they replied that the serial scheme I was using >> was and old one, and that I should move over to a newer, more secure one. >> To me, this implies that they have known about this problem for a while, but >> didn't bother to tell us. > > So which scheme _were_ you using? I was one of the first to use their newer, > more secure scheme - that was a few years ago.
It was suggested that I update, "from the older standard serial number set to the enhanced serial number set”. Also, apparently, updating the library would also work. > > >> I have been thinking about moving to Aquatic Prime for a while now, and will >> soon go there instead of staying with eSellerate. > > Well, eSellerate do have the option of you rolling your own serial# scheme on > your own server... AquaticPrime seems to be very easy to hack. Also, it's > _just_ a serial# scheme, not a payment processor. They also now do Aquatic Prime serials as well. > > Dunno in your case; for me eSellerate's handling of credit cards and other > types of payment is fundamental and I can't roll my own. You can separate payment processing from serial generation and re-think things separately. eSellerate doesn’t require you to use their scheme. The really good thing about eSellerate is that they seem to be one of the few companies which allows non-USA businesses to use their facilities. (and I will spare you my opinion on this.) Karl ------------------------------------ MacSB email guidelines: http://tinyurl.com/2g55d6 Use MacSB-Talk for off topic messages: http://groups.google.com/group/macsb-talk Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macsb/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macsb/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
