CHAPTER TWELVE - SECURE SOCKET LAYER (SSL)

Normally, any text(such as your credit card number) sent from your browser to the web server is sent as plain text. This means that a hacker could potentially intercept (however unlikely) the information sent from your browser and read it. Therefore, by using the secure server, the information is encrypted before it is sent from your browser. It would be practically impossible for anyone to decrypt it without knowing the key.

The following example uses yourdomain as the name of your domain and any page as the name of the order form or the page you wish to be secure.

Use the following url to call your pages via the secure server.
https://#.4ua.com/yourdomain/anypage.html - NOTE: Do not use the .com, .net, etc. extension when putting in your domain name.

If you do not know which server # your domain is on, please contact support.

The above page would be accessed from the normal web server as:

http://yourdomain.com/anypage.html

*SPECIAL NOTE FOR FORMMAIL WITH THE SECURE SERVER*

You will not be able to use the system formmail script with the secure server. You will need to install formmail in your cgi bin to use with the secure server. The frommail script and installation instructions can be downloaded here:
http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/formmail.shtml

If you are calling the formmail through the secure server, your action line and other code will look like the following:

<FORM METHOD=POST
ACTION="https://4ua.com/yourdomain/cgi-bin/formmail.pl">
<input type=hidden name="recipient"
value="emailaccount@yourdomain.com">
<input type=hidden name="subject" value="Order">
<input type=hidden name="return_link_url"
value="https://4ua.com/yourdomain/yourpage">
<input type=hidden name="return_link_title" value="Back to Your Page">

NOTE: do not put the .com, .net, etc. extension after yourdomain.

The last two lines allow a link back to your main page - thus they get a report of what they ordered and a link.

It's important that you call your order page through a secure URL (HTTPS) in order for it to work properly

Example:
https://4ua.com/yourdomain/yourorderform.htm

If you do not know which server # your domain is on, please contact support.

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