From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 8 07:52:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA17070 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Jan 1996 07:52:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from westhill.cdrom.com (westhill.cdrom.com [192.216.223.138]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA17065 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 1996 07:52:12 -0800 (PST) From: gpalmer@westhill.cdrom.com Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by westhill.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id HAA04912 ; Mon, 8 Jan 1996 07:52:06 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: westhill.cdrom.com: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: dzebe@qualcomm.com (donald zebe) cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: security In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 08 Jan 1996 07:42:14 MST." Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 07:52:05 -0800 Message-ID: <4910.821116325@westhill.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk donald zebe wrote in message ID : > www security is a real concern for those who use credit cards to purchase > goods and services. Are ther any real security (encryption or encoding) > options that exist within this operating system ? Would it be accepted ? > Would the program be adapatable to other os ? Netscape's Commerce server has secure transactions and runs under FreeBSD 2.0.5 and 2.1. Just point any netscape browser at https://www-secure.cdrom.com/ to see :-) (You should see the little key at the bottom become whole, and the border at the top change to a blue colour). Appache 1.0 also has SSL apparently, although I haven't tried it yet Gary