Shared SSL and FP2000 Form

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Edwin Hannan

Hi All

I have a site at www.metrofinance.co.uk that has an application form, I
now need to show the potential applicants that the application is secure.

I have never done this before but have read previous posts and still
unclear.

I can purchase a Shared SSL, the ISP will allocate a folder at https://blah
blah

So what happens next? do I just move my appform.htm to this new secure
folder and reference it from my normal button?

Will the form still work (ie return results via normal insecure email) or do
I need to Have a PGP key setup.

Hope someone can clarify this for me

Cheers

Ed
 
The pages you need to be secured would need to be in the directory they give
you. You would reference the appropriate link to the page(s) as
https://etc.

The email is not secure, so if you want credit card or other personal
information emailed to you, you would need PGP, unless you are having the
information also sent to a secured database which you could access.
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Tom

Thanks for that, can I ask a little more on the Secure database, I think
that I need to tell the form to store the results in the secure folder in a
txt file or setup an access or sql database in the secure folder.?

Then to access this I would have to loginto the https:// folder and get the
data file or can I get in using ftp to the secure folder?

Or I can set up the PGP key..but am I right in thinking that the ISP has to
be involved int his on the server end?

I do not process credit cards but the information is deemed private personal
data - What would you advise in this situation?

Sorry if this is all basic stuff..but not been there or done it yet

Thanks

Ed
 
Tom

Thanks for that, can I ask a little more on the Secure database, I think
that I need to tell the form to store the results in the secure folder in a
txt file or setup an access or sql database in the secure folder.?
Click to expand...

The folder where the "secure" pages are served from is still
_readable_ by the public. It's just designed to trade information
across the internet in an encrypted fashion. You should have the
d/b (or generated files) in another folder that the public is _not_
allowed to read, but that can be accessed by your program which
will update the d/b or files.
Then to access this I would have to loginto the https:// folder and get the
data file or can I get in using ftp to the secure folder?
Click to expand...

If you have access to the folder with FTP, you can copy the files.
Or I can set up the PGP key..but am I right in thinking that the ISP has to
be involved int his on the server end?
Click to expand...

I would not send the data by email if it is secure. Load it to
the server and retrieve it as needed.
 
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