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List:       apache-ssl
Subject:    Re: [apache-ssl] rookie question
From:       Chuck Pitre <chuck () vianet ! on ! ca>
Date:       1998-11-27 22:01:44
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On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:

> At 10:54 AM 11/27/98 -0500, Chuck Pitre wrote:
> We use CyberCash. They to NOT clear the transactions themselves though. You
> need a financial institution to do that for you. CyberCash is only the
> gateway.

Yes.. that I realise.. CyberCash is simply an overglorified Interac
machine for LINUX :P  I'm assuming it uses a modem to dial my financial
instituation and do the transaction then..


 > 
> We've also found them a bit difficult to work with. They have a very
> restricted testing mode and once you turn them on you are LIVE with no
> testing modes available. It's like playing with a loaded gun and NO safety.
> There is no way to "dry fire" such that you know the mechanism works right.
> Considering that your side of the interface involves a substantial amount
> of new code, this is most disconcerting. We got it to work, but we are
> concerned about bugs since we feel the code hasn't meet MHSC testing
> standards. Performance isn't an issue becasue you simply can not do it
> without proper testing.

hrm.. that is disconcerning...I don't like software without safeties...
well hopefully someone else on this list uses another software package
they can recommend :P

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