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Chapter 23: SSL (Secure Server)

Some users have experienced problems using the Secure Server. If you are needing use of the Server and are having difficulties implementing it, please back up your entire site and submit the Technical Support Request Form indicating the problem you are having. It may be necessary for us to reinstall your account, therefore it is important that you back up your site. By submitting the Technical Support Request Form requesting SSL, you are indicating that you have backed up your site and are giving us permission to reinstall your account if necessary.

NOTE: When you received your account setup information, you were also provided which server your account resides on, this information looks like this: Your domain resides on host5, the number 5 would be replaced with the number that is with your setup information. In each instant below where https://host.the-web-host.com is mentioned for calling the secure server you need to insert your server location, the line would then look like this: https://host5.the-web-host.com/.

Normally, any text(such as your credit card number) sent from your browser to the web server is sent as plain text. This means that a hacker could potentially intercept (however unlikely) the information sent from your browser and read it. Therefore, by using the secure server, the information is encrypted before it is sent from your browser. It would be practically impossible for anyone to decrypt it without knowing the key.

The following example uses yourdomain as the name of your domain and any page as the name of the order form or the page you wish to be secure.

Use the following URL to call your pages via the secure server.

https://host#.the-web-host.com/yourdomain/anypage.html

NOTE: Do not use the .com, .net, etc. extension when putting in your domain name.

The above page would be accessed from the normal web server as:

http://yourdomain.com/anypage.html

Using formmail.cgi through secure server

If you are calling the formmail through the secure server, your action line and other code will look like the following:

<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=
    "https://host#.the-web-host.com/yourdomain/cgi-bin/formmail.pl">
<input type=hidden name="recipient" value="emailaccount@yourdomain.com">
<input type=hidden name="subject" value="Order">
<input type=hidden name="return_link_URL" value=
    "https://host#.the-web-host.com/yourdomain/yourpage.html">
<input type=hidden name="return_link_title" value="Back to Your Page">

NOTE: do not put the .com, .net, etc. extension after yourdomain.

The last two lines allow a link back to your main page - thus they get a report of what they ordered and a link.

It's important that you call your order page through a secure URL (HTTPS) in order for it to work properly

Example:

https://host#.the-web-host.com/yourdomain/yourorderform.html

NOTE: yourdomain = without the .com, .net, etc. extension.