Hello, I have created a form with the help from Houdini and I need some assistance with security. In the application customers will be inputting ssn#'s and checking account#'s. I want this information to be secure when its submitted. The form will be processed to an email address. How would I set up this security to work with my form?
Thanks!
regardless of what hashing algorithm you use to encrypt the data on the server, if you are collecting sensitive information you really need to use SSL as the protocol between the client and server. most commercial webhsots offer this, often at an additional expense.
You might also want to use Javascript to encrypt the information before sending it out as well. This way, if your SSL gets hacked (which you should use SSL for this type of stuff) then they'll get encrypted information, instead of just text.
devinemke wrote:regardless of what hashing algorithm you use to encrypt the data on the server, if you are collecting sensitive information you really need to use SSL as the protocol between the client and server. most commercial webhsots offer this, often at an additional expense.
I will find out if the webhost has this included. If it does, do I have to do anything with the PHP coding or is that already taken care of through the webhost?
bpat1434 wrote:You might also want to use Javascript to encrypt the information before sending it out as well. This way, if your SSL gets hacked (which you should use SSL for this type of stuff) then they'll get encrypted information, instead of just text.
I guess I could do this too. I will have to get out my JS book because its been years since I used it. I was never really good at that.
Thanks for the tip!
