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Protect Form info teser3@hotmail.com 08-16-2007
|--> Re: Protect Form info Harlan Messinge...08-17-2007
Posted by teser3@hotmail.com on August 16, 2007, 8:33 pm
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I have a form where users enter their Social Security number and Date
of Birth. I was wondering if I need to request a certificate for SSL
on our Windows Web server so we can protect the information when it is
sent from the client to the server on the network? Is this something
where SSL is the best solution for protecting the transmission?


Posted by Rik on August 16, 2007, 8:44 pm
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:33:06 +0200, teser3@hotmail.com
> I have a form where users enter their Social Security number and Date
> of Birth. I was wondering if I need to request a certificate for SSL
> on our Windows Web server so we can protect the information when it is
> sent from the client to the server on the network? Is this something
> where SSL is the best solution for protecting the transmission?

SSL is clearly a must have here. Self-signed is possible, doesn't create
much trust though, so by all means buy one.

--
Rik Wasmus

Posted by Harlan Messinger on August 17, 2007, 6:58 am
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teser3@hotmail.com wrote:
> I have a form where users enter their Social Security number and Date
> of Birth. I was wondering if I need to request a certificate for SSL
> on our Windows Web server so we can protect the information when it is
> sent from the client to the server on the network? Is this something
> where SSL is the best solution for protecting the transmission?
>
Yes.

Posted by J. Gleixner on August 17, 2007, 6:21 pm
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teser3@hotmail.com wrote:
> I have a form where users enter their Social Security number and Date
> of Birth. I was wondering if I need to request a certificate for SSL
> on our Windows Web server so we can protect the information when it is
> sent from the client to the server on the network? Is this something
> where SSL is the best solution for protecting the transmission?
>

Asking for SSN and not knowing about SSL.. very scary. It'd be
good to get up to speed on security long before you go
asking for personal information like that.

Unless it's tax, investment, or possibly health care related,
you shouldn't have any need for someone's SSN. In those
cases, your company should have a plethora of security related
people that can help you make things as secure as possible,
if they don't then don't ask for the SSN.

Don't think that simply by adding SSL, you're secure, and
anyone providing that information to anyone else really
should question the need for them asking for it in the
first place.

Posted by teser3@hotmail.com on August 19, 2007, 5:13 pm
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don't then don't ask for the SSN.
>
> Don't think that simply by adding SSL, you're secure, and
> anyone providing that information to anyone else really
> should question the need for them asking for it in the
> first place.


Thanks for the info. What is more secure than using SSL?


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