>>>>Hello,
>>>>I am trying to create a web application that accepts credit card info and processes it through PayPal. The PayPal stuff is out of the scope of my question for now. I am assuming I want to enable SSL on my website if I am accepting a credit card number.
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>>>>How is that accomplished? Is there any configuration needed? My web site host has an SSL addon that I can purchase. Basically, if I can access my web application with an https:// prefix, does that mean all is well?
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>>>Yep. That's it.
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>>Great. I checked my host and they charge per month to provide SSL compatiblity, but I have to provide the certificate. I check VeriSign and it was $399/year. Yikes!
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>>Stupid security.
>Godaddy, thawte and geotrust are cheaper alternatives. You pay for the name with Verisign.
That's just it though - with e-commerce security a name could be the difference between a sale and a no-sale.