Re: Re: [mv] Can't get CyberCash to work (Yes,

["vic777" <vic777@primenet.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To: mediamob <mediamob@dnaco.net>
Cc: minivend-users <minivend-users@minivend.com>
Date: Thursday, November 11, 1999 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [mv] Can't get CyberCash to work (Yes,


>******    message to minivend-users from Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
******
>
>On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, mediamob wrote:
>> > From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [mv] Can't get CyberCash to work (Yes, I did an archive
search!)
>> > On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, mediamob wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Fact: I do not have access to an SSL server.
>> >
>> > Fact: CyberCash requires an SSL connection.
>> >
>> > At least according to their docs they do.  I haven't tried using it
>> > without SSL.
>> >
>> > Dan
>> > - --
>>
>> Try as I might, I am unable to find any reference in the docs that states
>> that SSL is required for CC transactions. Supported, reccomended, easy to
>> use, yes- required, no.
>>
>> Can anyone confirm or deny? Will Minivend simply fail to pass cc data to
>> CyberCash without an error message if the checkout page is not secure?
>


Cybercash definitely does NOT require https to complete a transaction
(tested my whole implementation w/o it).  When they talk about a secure
connection between the storefront and the 'cash register', they're talking
about the triple DES (for the perl version anyways) perl modules the scripts
use.