Using SSL

Building secure webstie

[Saint Honore]

Hello Eveyone,

I have been told to make a secure website which consist of fillable form which requires an electronic or digital signature approved function and all the logs has to be stored/traced on the form.

As iam totally new to this world any help would be really helpful. I would like to know more about using the digital certificate and SSL in php.

I think jatar_k have lot of idea on this....Since i have seen most of his related posts.

Regards

[jatar_k]

I don't know if I know tons about it but have worked a lot with https sites and spent a lot of time studying and understanding security as much as I have been able to

to be honest I haven't worked with electronic/digital signatures so I am not much help there

as far as working with ssl sites, what information are you looking for specifically?

[henry0]

fillable form which requires an electronic or digital signature

I have done some research about it and even involved my business attorney

From a legal stand point of view (in the States and possibly depending on the State specifics) it is now a legal document

The simple form such as "click here to agree" is merely sufficient

The free systems such as those under the GPL for ex from SourceForge
Work out of drawing your signature with your mouse, not better than the above

The real deal comes from a handful of company providing the system for a fee
Out of which one the signer must download a piece of software used to deliver a validated signature

[Saint Honore]

Hello Henry,

Since iam new to this type of work, not sure where to downlaod those signature, can you please point me out there?

Also iam developing the application for the company who will charge for all those legal documents, hence it needs to be secured.

Regards

[henry0]

Hello Saint Honore
since my links are of commercial nature
I did not post them

however I sent you a sticky; check you mail.

[jatar_k]

if the signature bit is what you are mainly having trouble with then check out Henry's links

if you need some help with access levels and security then take a look through some of these threads

PHP User Authentication and Passwords [webmasterworld.com]
PHP Security [webmasterworld.com]
PHP Peer Code Review [webmasterworld.com]