Showing posts with label online security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label online security. Show all posts
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Just one more thing
So I thought I was done but then I tried my website in Opera and it would not give me the lock. Picky, picky. After some serious digging, I uncovered yet one last image that was not https and now Opera likes me! LA LA LA LA LA!
Online Security: SSL
I consistently work on ensuring a safe shopping experience. I've come a long way in this regard. As far as I know, my website is very secure, but I am always open to hearing about any issues.
Like yesterday, a customer called and said she was not comfortable ordering because there was no lock on the browser. I had noticed this before but hadn't addressed it because, well, an entrepreneur always has a million things on her plate. But if it's costing sales, it suddenly becomes Issue Number One.
So after frantically researching this, it turns out that the issue was due to some images from external websites that were not being addressed by the full secure pathnames. If a website is set up for SSL, you can get to the same place by using either the http:// pathname or the https:// pathname. Some external images were not being accessed by the secure pathname, even though the script was created by the vendor. Their bad!
I've kludged my way through and put in proper secure pathnames to all external images and now the lock shows up. But not on all browsers. So read the article for more ideas to ensure you are buying from a secure website before sharing your credit card information.
Please note that my site was secure all along. Now it's just able to show that it is secure.
Like yesterday, a customer called and said she was not comfortable ordering because there was no lock on the browser. I had noticed this before but hadn't addressed it because, well, an entrepreneur always has a million things on her plate. But if it's costing sales, it suddenly becomes Issue Number One.
So after frantically researching this, it turns out that the issue was due to some images from external websites that were not being addressed by the full secure pathnames. If a website is set up for SSL, you can get to the same place by using either the http:// pathname or the https:// pathname. Some external images were not being accessed by the secure pathname, even though the script was created by the vendor. Their bad!
I've kludged my way through and put in proper secure pathnames to all external images and now the lock shows up. But not on all browsers. So read the article for more ideas to ensure you are buying from a secure website before sharing your credit card information.
Please note that my site was secure all along. Now it's just able to show that it is secure.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Security - an education in online secure sites
Ordering online is definitely risky. In fact, it is riskier than I had been led to believe. It's not as simple as looking for a secure site. Credit card fraud and identity theft are running rampant these days and it is not always easy to tell the source. I recently got a call from American Express due to suspicious activity on my card and it turns out that someone was charging up mostly innocuous online charges that I might have otherwise missed, such as stamps.com.
As a vendor, there are more risks than I'd realized too, but I will get to that shortly.
First let me start with what I have learned as a consumer.
When I first set up my website, I used PayPal to process my orders. That was very secure. However, I lost a lot of ...read more
As a vendor, there are more risks than I'd realized too, but I will get to that shortly.
First let me start with what I have learned as a consumer.
When I first set up my website, I used PayPal to process my orders. That was very secure. However, I lost a lot of ...read more
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