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    Posted: 08 December 2003 at 8:19am

i have a shopping cart site i'm building.

i have ssl and not sure how to structure it.

currently the whole site is in one folder without ssl usingworldpay payment gateway, but we're moving to process our own payments.

WE HAVE ONE db WITH BOTH THE PRODUCT CATALOUGE IN AND THE ORDER INFO. (oops caps lock on!!)

right. so do i need to split the DB and put the order info part of it on the SSL and also the checkout pages??
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The only pages that need to secure are those transmitting confidential info (like CC numbers).
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so.. i keep the database as is.... not in the SSL.. put the checkout page (with CC number) in the SSL and also the page that admin has to get the order/cc details??

sorry.. but i'm dumb!
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SSL is a protocol and a folder or something like that. If something has sensitive information that you do not want intercepted rather than using http:// use https://.

Your web host may have set up a specific folder than something has to be in for you to access their shared SSL, but in general if a domain name has SSL you can access the SSL from any folder on the domain.
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If you want, you can get a 'den Heijer Secured' certificate from me
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Thats if it ever gets given to you after you request it(wink wink nudge nudge)
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Couple of things to mention...

SSL encrypts everything that gets transmitted as a result, performance suffers so most sites have you browse and select items in a non-secured area and use use a separate section/sub domain for placing the order under ssl.

When you change between the non-secured portion of your site (http:\\) to the secured portion (https:\\), you start a new session. Any session cookies are lost.



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my questions is...

do i need to have the database (that stores the credit card details) in the ssl folder also, or just the page that gets the card number?

and if it's just the checkout page, then can i send the results to an email address then instead of DB??

 
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