how secure is SSL?

[Grant]

I have a page that loads whole bunch of sensitive information including
credit cards number. That page has datagrid and text box with data populated
in it.

Please advise.

 

[Jenny K]

ummm...secure enough that virtually all the biggest e-commerce sites use it.
Check out http://www.verisign.com. They have a 15-day trial SSL certificate
you can install on your webserver.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

In the U.S., SSL uses 128-bit encryption. The National Security Agency could
probably decode it with a few supercomputers and a couple months head start.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
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http://www.takempis.com
Big things are made up of
Lots of Little Things.

 

[Drebin]

Plus - the whole industry speaks for itself... hundreds (if not thousands)
of banks and credit card companies offer online access to manage accounts,
secure credit card transactions are made all-day-long.. it's a time-tested
standard that is 'pretty much' impossible to break..

 

[Jerry III]

But remember, it's only safe for transmitting data. If you're going to send
full credit card numbers back to your clients then it doesn't matter if it's
SSL or not since the source of the page is easily accessible on the client
in its decrypted form. Same goes for passwords, allow users to enter them
but never send them back to them in a web page (that's why password input
box control ignores its text).

Jerry