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zn
If I place a form for product ordering on my website, what scripting
technology or CGIs can I use to encrypt the e-mail sent to my e-mail
account with the order information?

Thanks.
Jul 23 '05 #1
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"zn" <zn@zn122.edu.i nvalid> wrote in message
news:Xn******** *************** ********@216.19 6.97.131...
If I place a form for product ordering on my website, what scripting
technology or CGIs can I use to encrypt the e-mail sent to my e-mail
account with the order information?


Dear God. I hope you're not planning on having customers' credit card
information emailed to you. That is extremely insecure and dangerously
irresponsible.

Get a payment gateway to handle this stuff.
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Jul 23 '05 #2
Els
Karl Core wrote:
Dear God. I hope you're not planning on having customers'
credit card information emailed to you.


I seriously doubt God is planning on having customer's credit
card info emailed to Him <g>

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Jul 23 '05 #3
Els wrote:
Karl Core wrote:

Dear God. I hope you're not planning on having customers'
credit card information emailed to you.

I seriously doubt God is planning on having customer's credit
card info emailed to Him <g>


I wouldn't put it past the Pope though...

NM
Jul 23 '05 #4
Els
News Me wrote:
Els wrote:
Karl Core wrote:
Dear God. I hope you're not planning on having customers'
credit card information emailed to you.


I seriously doubt God is planning on having customer's
credit card info emailed to Him <g>


I wouldn't put it past the Pope though...


...or send it to the Wailing Wall..
http://www.aish.com/wallcam/Place_a_...n_the_Wall.asp

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Sonhos vem. Sonhos vão. O resto é imperfeito.
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Jul 23 '05 #5
zn
"Karl Core" <ka**@NOSPAMkar lcore.com> wrote in news:cs6tee$fe0 $1@ngspool-
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"zn" <zn@zn122.edu.i nvalid> wrote in message
news:Xn******** *************** ********@216.19 6.97.131...
If I place a form for product ordering on my website, what scripting
technology or CGIs can I use to encrypt the e-mail sent to my e-mail
account with the order information?


Dear God. I hope you're not planning on having customers' credit card
information emailed to you. That is extremely insecure and dangerously
irresponsible.


Can you read? Is there a CGI/Scripting technology that will encrypt the e-
mail? If the data in a form is encrypted in something like PHP, how useful
would that e-mail be to someone else?
Jul 23 '05 #6
rf
"zn" <zn@zn122.edu.i nvalid> wrote in message
Dear God. I hope you're not planning on having customers' credit card
information emailed to you. That is extremely insecure and dangerously
irresponsible.


Can you read? Is there a CGI/Scripting technology that will encrypt the e-
mail? If the data in a form is encrypted in something like PHP, how useful
would that e-mail be to someone else?


And how usefull would it be to the email client you send it to?

You should be using HTTPS and a secure server side process, not email.

--
Cheers
Richard.
Jul 23 '05 #7
zn
"rf" <rf@.invalid> wrote in
news:gd******** ***********@new s-server.bigpond. net.au:
"zn" <zn@zn122.edu.i nvalid> wrote in message
> Dear God. I hope you're not planning on having customers' credit
> card information emailed to you. That is extremely insecure and
> dangerously irresponsible.
Can you read? Is there a CGI/Scripting technology that will encrypt
the e- mail? If the data in a form is encrypted in something like
PHP, how useful would that e-mail be to someone else?


That was supposed to read PGP.
And how usefull would it be to the email client you send it to?

You should be using HTTPS and a secure server side process, not email.


The server already is configured for https. How do you define secure server
side process? Are you referring to having php write to a database?

Thanks.
Jul 23 '05 #8
rf
"zn" <zn@zn122.edu.i nvalid> wrote
"rf" <rf@.invalid> wrote in
news:gd******** ***********@new s-server.bigpond. net.au:
And how usefull would it be to the email client you send it to?

You should be using HTTPS and a secure server side process, not email.


The server already is configured for https. How do you define secure

server side process? Are you referring to having php write to a database?


I am now totally lost. You originally talked about sending the data vie
email. To quote:

"the e-mail sent to my e-mail account"

Once again, if you encrypt an email (however you do it) what is the email
client going to make of it?

And, if you are processing it on a server somewhere, why do you *need* to
email it anywhere?

Perhaps if you re-state exactly what you are doing and intend to do.

--
Cheers
Richard.
Jul 23 '05 #9
In article <Ae************ *******@news-server.bigpond. net.au>,
"rf" <rf@.invalid> wrote:
"zn" <zn@zn122.edu.i nvalid> wrote
"rf" <rf@.invalid> wrote in
news:gd******** ***********@new s-server.bigpond. net.au:

And how usefull would it be to the email client you send it to?

You should be using HTTPS and a secure server side process, not email.


The server already is configured for https. How do you define secure

server
side process? Are you referring to having php write to a database?


I am now totally lost. You originally talked about sending the data vie
email. To quote:

"the e-mail sent to my e-mail account"

Once again, if you encrypt an email (however you do it) what is the email
client going to make of it?

And, if you are processing it on a server somewhere, why do you *need* to
email it anywhere?

Perhaps if you re-state exactly what you are doing and intend to do.


Chances are your email client doesn't have this feature unless you have
one of the PGP enhancements for email You just have to know how to
decrypt it. Since the email is coming from a known source which you
have control over, you can set this up. I have

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