Fellow monks,

I am in need of advice in the following area.

I am thinking of writing a small e-commerce system for work, but we don't have our own server. We just have your basic hosted web site with 100M of space.

My question is two fold:

1. My thinking was to be able to, via CGI and SSL, take orders with credit cards, encrypt the data, and retrieve said data with another CGI SSL app, thereby geting around the fact we don't have our own server. I know that part is doable without a whole lot of problem, but is it reasonable?

2. Is it possible to keep secure data on a shared disk at all?

I'd appreciate any links to anything like this that anyone has seen or done, or any suggestions you might have that would make it stronger if it's even possible.

Thanks in advance!

Some people fall from grace. I prefer a running start...

In reply to Encrypting data on shared disk - is it possible? by Popcorn Dave

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