>I am in the process of designing a website. It has two parts, E-Commerce and a discussion forum. It will contain customer and discussion members details, and eventually Credit card transactions. Is ASP thought to be secure enough for this job. The main worry is about the ASP code being held as text i.e. a hacker can see what the code looks like. I realise that most of the security is handled by the ISP, but even with the most secure ISP, is ASP a safe option.
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>The books and articles that I have read so far are inconclusive, they mention CGI etc, but even these can be dis-ascembled, so a hacker can see the code.

Michael;

I do not want to make the world more paranoid then it already is but such is life. You can attain different levels of security based upon your needs and resources. Does absolute security exist? Heavens no! If someone wants to get into your data – they will find a way.

Tom