ifram and SSL

can I use an iframe for online transactions while maintaining security

[will1480]

I want to use iframes to accept online transaction through that frame. Does the parent window have to be https or can the child/iframe page be https. Will security be maintained?

Essentially I want to have http://mydomain1 with a page that contains an ifram to [mydomain2....] The mydomain2 will process transactions. Will this be secure though, or will various browers alert users that their is some weird stuff going on?

[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 5:06 am (utc) on Aug. 25, 2004]
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[devildude8989]

No, I doubt many browsers would show the "secure" logo. Why not just make it all https?

[will1480]

would that work as well? What I want to do is create a standardized format for my websites that are styled by css sheets. So if I want to add online transactions at a later point in time, I can simply have them redirected to a payment page which loads appropriate style sheet.

The other alternative I was thinking about was same idea, but just for an iframe, where all i would have to do is style the checkout information boxes. This would also keep the url from leaving their site.