On Thu, 11 May 1995, Mary Christie Generalao wrote:
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> Thanks for the warm welcome. Does the list have web-based archives I can
> browse?
I'm not answering this with alacrity because you're a female sysad :] (I
have a female sysad colleague, it's no big deal..)
The old-timers on the list will attest to me answering anyone's queries if
I can.
> Is anyone familiar or have experience deploying Cobalt RAQ3 as web servers?
> It's a packaged rack-based Linux webserver. My company's considering
> purchasing one but I'm especially interested to know how easy it is to add
> third-party web applications as well as administration issues you
> encountered.
Are you getting it from Ignacio Luis Tan? :)
The RAQ3 is Intel-based. So you don't get any advantages using it over a
standard Intel PC except for Cobalt's integrated admin tools. But AFAIK
the integrated tools are nothing that Linuxconf can't do.
> Also, im familiar with web server setup, but still have to try one for
> a secure e-commerce environment. Can anybody possibly describe a
> typical setup and how the following things tie up to my system setup:
> SSL, secure http (are these built into the usual apache tarball?),
> certificates, capability to accept visa payments, etc... This is a
> next project and i'd appreciate your insgihts on this. I'd be glad to
> be referred to a good resource site instead, if this question was
> asked before.
Well you need OpenSSL and mod_ssl in order to implement SSL on Apache.
(there was a thread about this some time ago). Don't know where you can
get these but go to www.engelschall.com for starters (Ralf Engelschall
wrote mod_ssl).
For the certificate.. yeah, I just mentioned this last night. DUNS or SEC
registration, $400 a year to Verisign, and wait a few weeks for your
server certificate.
Accepting credit card payments: there's a module on CPAN called
Business::CreditCard. It's what I've studied. There are several
Internet-based credit card clearance centers so you don't need any extra
hardware, just their software. Business::CreditCard is one such software,
it uses an encrypted protocol to talk to the verification center.
These internet-based clearance centers typically charge c.a. $5 PER
TRANSACTION so you'd better be selling high-value stuff.. alternately,
some local banks allow you to check credit cards (theirs) over the phone.
Hell's Kitchen Systems (HKS) now owned by Red Hat makes some software so
you can do this using your modem.
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