Fedora Core 2 on Compaq DL380 - SSL?

Charles Steinkuehler charles at steinkuehler.net
Fri Aug 20 16:24:48 CDT 2004


Jon Moss wrote:

> Another thing I've been mulling around . . .
> 
> Since this will be the church's web server, and we could potentially be
> accepting donations, tithes or other similar financial transactions, I
> probably need to get an SSL certificate.
> 
> Anybody have any recommendations?
> 
> Please keep in mind that I'd be paying for it, since the church doesn't
> have an IT budget. (I am the IT budget for the church).

What do you need to encrypt via SSL...credit card info?  Are you also 
going to get setup to do credit-card processing?

You could start out simply side-stepping the entire issue by accepting 
payments via PayPal (or similar) and providing a real-world address for 
donation by check, etc.

-- 
Charles Steinkuehler
charles at steinkuehler.net




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