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Re: [OT] WebObjects, Point of Sale, and Credit Card scanners
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Re: [OT] WebObjects, Point of Sale, and Credit Card scanners


  • Subject: Re: [OT] WebObjects, Point of Sale, and Credit Card scanners
  • From: Tony Becker <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 14:44:38 -0400

My experience with CC scanners is:
Stand alone, in which case you're SOL.
Keyboard integration, in which case, the card number is "scanned", and appears on the screen as if it had been typed in - i.e.: it's just a time saver. In this case it would just appear in an appropriate place in an HTML form.


Notes:
It's a good/recommended/required practice to encrypt a CC in the DB - if so - you won't get a hit unless you've used the same encryption key for all CCs and the request, which is a bad idea.
So:
Encrypt the CC normally, using a good mechanism, with unique encryption keys/customer algorithm.
additionally encode the CC with a one way hash and store that as well, with a DB index on the attribute. Then you can encode the CC from the terminal example above and look for a match, which would return a customer record with an encrypted CC, and the DB would not contain visible CC data, should it happen to fall into the wrong hands.



On Jun 12, 2004, at 6:32 PM, Nathan V. Roberts wrote:

Hi all,

I've got a potential client who has both a physical store and web site, and would like to be able to scan a credit card, and if it's available in his database get the customer data presented on screen based on the scan (if it's not available, the customer will be asked...). I would like to do all my database interfacing using WO. I've never interfaced with a physical card scanner or POS software before, and am wondering what the options are -- are there particular packages you all would recommend? Has anyone used WebObjects in this context?

Thanks!
Nathan Roberts
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