Hi, I am looking to purchase amember on behalf of a client (I'm building the website) and client has already gotten authorize.net account. He wants to do recurring billing. I understand we must use AIM and that when using AIM, Authorize.net stores the CC info on the server. We are on a shared hosting environment, and I have concerns about storing credit card data on the server. I've done some searching on the forums, and it seems like many people use this method. Yet, I see no concern about amember holding the credit card information on the server. Is there nothing to worry about? What's the deal?
We DO NOT RECOMMEND to use credit card plugins that store credit card info on shared hostings at all. It is for any software, not only for aMember Pro.
Does the AIM module store credit card info in an aMember database? Dana Haynes Accularian http://www.accularian.com
Alex, It appears that the stored credit card info is not very readable in the SQL database, you have done a good job of securing it. Can you elaborate on the risks? It looks pretty secure to me. Dana Haynes Accularian http://www.accularian.com
It is secure enough if non-programmer will be attacking you. I will not describe how, but expirienced programmer can decode this information if he has full access to your website and database. So I STRONGLY do not recommend to run credit card storage on shared hostings.
I agree... DO NOT store credit card information on a SHARED server, get a "Dedicated" server instead. (Also, not "Virtual Dedicated"; that's just glorified shared.) 1&1 has good servers starting at $99/mo. To OUR Success, Dan Kelly AskDanKelly.com MiniSiteSecretsRevealed.com