Well that was the question. Whats the best way to go about this. If it's more secure to just get the information to the recipient by email then so be it. It needs to be somewhere long enough for someone to manually run the check then it can be gone. So whatever the most secure way to do that is.
On Sep 27, 6:01 pm, Eric <[email protected]> wrote: > Did I read you correctly in that you want to store user credit-card > numbers in your database for some period of time? > > -eric > > On Sep 27, 3:50 pm, brianp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey Everyone, > > > I'm in the process of laying out a new app for a client. They need to > > be able to receive customers credit information (for a credit check > > done manually) via the website. > > > So I have a few questions regarding the information. > > > First I know I'll want to have a secure connection to transfer this > > type of sensitive data. Is there a known tutorial or good read for > > creating a secure connection for a portion of a rails app? > > > The client had originally asked that the information be e-mailed to > > the person running the check manually. I again am worried about > > sensitive information being sent from the server via email. My > > thinking was store it the db and have the person check the web app for > > output on clients. Again all in a secured environment. > > > If the sensitive data was being stored in the db if maybe it is a good > > idea to flush it out after a pre-defined period of time. So the > > important information (sin & credit card numbers etc) aren't left > > behind. > > > What are your opinions? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
