Secure Forms?

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Buddy

I've been using FrontPage 2003 for a while, but recently had a client asking
for a form on their site to be secure. Can anyone give me some insight as
to what has to be done to make a secure form? The client receives the form
results via email.
Thanks in advance,
Buddy
 
Send the form results by email, is not secure, even if you have a SSL Certificate applied to the
site.

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What is the best way to do it?
Thomas A. Rowe said:
Send the form results by email, is not secure, even if you have a SSL Certificate applied to the
site.

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The best way is purchase a SSL Certificate and have the host install it, then use a database to
store the data from the form. Send a plain email notice to the client tell them that someone has
completed a form, then they would login to the database via Admin page, where they can then view the
submitted data over SSL.

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Thanks, Thomas. I appreciate your help and your patience. Can you
recommend a site that gives detailed info on how to perform this?
 
It depend on what OS your host is running and what database and server-side scripting is supported.

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The server is Apache and it looks like Access and My SQL is supported.


Thomas A. Rowe said:
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server-side scripting is supported.
 
Access is not supported on Apache.

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| The server is Apache and it looks like Access and My SQL is supported.
|
|
| | > It depend on what OS your host is running and what database and
| server-side scripting is supported.
| >
| > --
| > ==============================================
| > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| >
| > FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| > ==============================================
| > To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| >
| | > > Thanks, Thomas. I appreciate your help and your patience. Can you
| > > recommend a site that gives detailed info on how to perform this?
| > >
| > >
| > > | > >> The best way is purchase a SSL Certificate and have the host install
| it,
| > > then use a database to
| > >> store the data from the form. Send a plain email notice to the client
| tell
| > > them that someone has
| > >> completed a form, then they would login to the database via Admin
page,
| > > where they can then view the
| > >> submitted data over SSL.
| > >>
| > >> --
| > >> ==============================================
| > >> Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > >> WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| > >>
| > >> FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| > >> ==============================================
| > >> To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| > >> http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > >>
| > > | > >> > What is the best way to do it?
| > >> > | > >> >> Send the form results by email, is not secure, even if you have a
| SSL
| > >> > Certificate applied to the
| > >> >> site.
| > >> >>
| > >> >> --
| > >> >> ==============================================
| > >> >> Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > >> >> WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| > >> >>
| > >> >> FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| > >> >> ==============================================
| > >> >> To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support
see:
| > >> >> http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > >> >>
| > >> > | > >> >> > I've been using FrontPage 2003 for a while, but recently had a
| client
| > >> > asking
| > >> >> > for a form on their site to be secure. Can anyone give me some
| > > insight
| > >> > as
| > >> >> > to what has to be done to make a secure form? The client
receives
| > > the
| > >> > form
| > >> >> > results via email.
| > >> >> > Thanks in advance,
| > >> >> > Buddy
| > >> >> >
| > >> >> >
| > >> >> >
| > >> >>
| > >> >>
| > >> >
| > >> >
| > >>
| > >>
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
|
|
 
You would need to search for PHP scripts to accomplish.

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That is, email in general is not secure.

You'd need to get your SSL certificate and have the results sent to a
database.
 
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