[ic] Credit Card comes up with XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-2884

[Jim Balcom]

On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Cline Communications, Corp. wrote:

CCC>>I'm sorry, I'm new to this a little bit . . . But, I'm curious why when I
CCC>>receive orders they come across as:  XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-2884.
CCC>>
CCC>>Is that because I'm not running it on a secure server yet?  I'd assume, it
CCC>>would still send the credit card number either way.  Or does it not send the
CCC>>whole thing through email and I have to go back out to the site to get the
CCC>>whole thing?

What you are seeing is the CC value that is assigned to this sale to be sent
to the purchaser so that the purchaser knows what credit card was used
without sending the CC# in clear text between unsecure servers.

It is quite possible to easily send the complete CC# wherever you want in
the clear. IMHO, it gives the purchaser grounds for a lawsuit. You can wade
through the documentation and find the right programming words to do that
quite easily. However, this is an unsupported function that no one will help
you with, including me.

It's faster and easier to make PGP/GPG work.

No, that does not require a secure server. That is it's own form of
security.


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