Security for an Internet business.

[Schalldampfer]

My dad's getting into some Internet business, so I'm wondering; what kind of a security would he need?

[PLOBBY]

Well what kind of internet business? Is he going to be hosting a site out of your home, an office, or something else? We need some details of what he has in mind.

[Schalldampfer]

It's out of an office. And.. yeah... I don't know what details more are needed, but please feel free to ask, as I can always use some help on this matter.

[PLOBBY]

It's out of an office. And.. yeah... I don't know what details more are needed, but please feel free to ask, as I can always use some help on this matter.


Well what does he plan on doing? Does he plan on hosting a website, a mailserver, a game server? Or just simply is going to be using a few computers in an office building?

[sicloan]

If he is having people purchase goods online.. a secure connection (ssl) is a must. It gives the end user some trust in ensuring they're credit cards wont get intercepted.

You could always use a 3rd party solution like paypal shopping cart, but with this you are limiting your customers. I would try and find the most widespread, and user option friendly source for making payments. (if you have to, include multiple ways).

[Schalldampfer]

What steps must be taken to get this SSL connection? And what additional things can one do? My thanks in advance.

[Schalldampfer]

Anyone?

[Schalldampfer]

Help, please?

[four4875]

ssl isjust options on the webserver and the pages / scripts run on the server.

i believe ssl is a module for apache, and i dunno about IIS or other webservers.

so this business will be a web based sales being hosted out of home?

might wanna be sure your current connection's TOS allows for hosting to be done from the connection.

[AMD Phreak]

The best thing to offer is to research over on sans.org's reading room. Also it might be wise to hire a security consultant for a brief time to help get things organized.