I am setting up my brother in law's website that will have a shopping cart program and ability to take cc info as well. He already has a merchant acct through his "real" job and so doesn't need the services of a "paypal" or "2checkout" type processor. What I need is a simple (if possible) way for his to get the info sent securely to him OR a way for him to securly access it.

I have seen some postings on this but I am new to this whole thing so need a reletively easy solution or at least a source that will help me in the process. Anyone with experience with setting up something like this? If so was it a pain or just a quick script that was added?

Anyone who can help inform me or direct me to a location that I can learn about this. I am not familiar with databases at all (will have to learn for sure). I don't just want the info emailed unless that can be secured relatively easily.

Thanks!

Dave:cartman:

This is one way you could do it using PGP/GPG.


First thing is to download WinPT - you'll need to have a software to decrypt the message thats sent to you.
Install WinPT, create a key w/ your password, import the key to your server.
Download soupermail (http://soupermail.sourceforge.net) - install it on your server (really easy)
Follow the install instructions for soupermail, including the config.txt files (their page has a quick how to on everything)
Once they fill out the form, it will email you the encrypted message that was encrypted w/ your imported key (shows as an attachment in Outlook Express)
Copy the entire PGP encrypted block to a new txt file. Save it as something like order.txt
Open File Manager in WinPT (right click the icon on the taskbar)
Drag order.txt into the file manager.
Right click it and choose decrypt, enter your secret password, and it will create a new file. View that file w/ NotePad or TextPad and boom, there's the info.


An example PGP looks like this:


-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org
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=/zgJ
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----

and for those who want to know - I created that w/ a different key then my main ones :)

and it says: testing :D

Originally posted by xnet
Download soupermail (http://soupermail.sourceforget.net) - install it on your server (really easy)

LOL. Gotta love that typo, "sourceforget.net".
Should be: http://soupermail.sourceforge.net

haha ;) - edited and fixed

Note: You may want to check with the merchant account provider. Most merchant accounts are different for face to face purchases vs. mail order/interenet purchases. If it is an existing merchant account for in person transactions, you may violate the terms of his merchant account agreement and run the risk of loosing his merchant account.

Great points all. I will check on the merchant agreement for sure! Thanks!

Dave

Thanks for the soupermail link as well xnet!

welcome :D