On Sat, Aug 29 2009, Howard wrote:
> Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> Secondly, if you are going to be collecting credit card
>> information, what kind of security protocols you have in mind for
>> protecting the data from a malicious insider? One would not like to
>> swipe cards only to learn later that it all got hacked out.
> Great point. Please rest assured I can see no reason (good or
> otherwise) to keep anything remotely financial regarding our
> participants. We don't collect dues; we haven't spent money as a club
> in forever.
I was making that comment in response to a suggestion that
people just swipe a credit card in order to register (see:
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
).
Before I swipe a card, I would like to know who I can sue for
negligence when my data takes a walk :-)
> Security is a priority; any member access from the web site needs proper
> credentials. I will accept any and all assistance with the security
> process - not my bag.
I would suggest you do not get people to swipe credit cards,
then. A simple rails gui atop a basic DB would be all that we need,
really. Something I think Rick or Steve can whip up in 30 minutes or
so.
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <[email protected]> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/>
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