Does anyone have experience develop 1

[Gamera99]

Does anyone have experience developing credit card XML pages? I have successfully used XML to get shipping data from the UPS server, but I don't use SSL for that. I need to use SSL for my credit card page, but I am not sure how to configure my site as anonymous access and then suddenly switch it to SSL just for the credit card XML posting segment, and then switch back to anonymous access again.

I am posting to an https:// credit card acceptance server but that, in itself, doesn't constitute SSL encryption does it? The little padlock symbol doesn't appear when I post to an https:// site. Somehow I think "MY" site has to be SSL and I'm not sure which way to go.

thank you, Nelson

 

[flumpy]

no, posting to the https:// server IS secure. however your customers may not think that they are secure unless your site is https. crazy i know, but thats some customers for you.

hosting a ssl site is quite easy in iis. you need a certificate, and instead of using http: direct users to https instead, with exactly the same

http://www address

as before - hey presto secure server


if anyone knows to the contrary, let us know.

 

[Gamera99]

Thank you flumpy
The thing that gets me, when you look at amazon.com for example, their site is

http://amazon.com

until you get to the point where you use a credit card, and then it switches to

https://amazon.com.

Do they have a separate website with the https:// SSL and another with the http:// anonymous access, and then switch between them, one for credit cards, and one for everything else?
I don't understand how to switch back and forth between http:// and https:// on the fly.

 

[flumpy]

ok. example. goto

http://www.microsoft.com

..


ok there?


now go to

https://www.microsoft.com

they are the same site. the only difference between https and http is the protocol by which you are conversing with the server. nothing else. your server will need a certificate in order to use https, but apart from that there are no other differences; just the protocol.

therefore, when users access your page via the link on your site, instead of sending them to

http://blarg.com/myform.xml

send them to

https://blarg.com/myform.xml

.. as long as you have a certificate for your server you'll be able to use https.

 

[Gamera99]

Thanks flumpy
I could never figure it out. I've done sites that were all SSL and sites that were all anonymous access but it never occurred to me that I could access a single site using either http:// or

https://.

I appreciate your help!
Nelson

 

[flumpy]

nor me before i worked here.

its all good learning stuff!!

 

[rk1972]

Credit Card Interfacing Using XML

I have experience in interfacing Credit Card Server. But First time, i am facing to interface a Credit Card Server using XML. They have sent DTD and a big document of all .....you know

So I am not sure where to Start and what direction i should take . Can anyone give me an Overview on this task.