Rev cgi store question

[Richard Gaskin]

Richard Miller wrote:

> I'd like to set up a simple web page where I collect a customer's  
> billing information and process it via a Rev cgi script. I already  
> have the cgi side worked out. If I set up an SSL certificate for this  
> web page (and I already have SSL in place on the cgi processing  
> side), am I all set? I guess the part I don't quite understand is, if  
> I put an SSL certificate on the web page, is there anything I need to  
> do on the Rev cgi side when the billing information is received (to  
> convert it or unencrypt it), or does that information come into the  
> cgi script in a form I can readily process?

Is it possible?  Sure.

Is it cost-effective?  Given the hundreds of payments systems available 
for web stores, and how much of a target for security risks all web 
stores are, do you really want to reinvent that wheel?

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