Security Question

Andy128 · 12-30-2005, 09:01 PM

I have a website that I use to serve a group I belong to. I would like to have a page that members could go to if they needed to get a phone number
and or address of a member if they needed it. I can (and will) password protect it so that anyone that stumbles onto the site will not be able to access it. I consider this information private and would like to secure it. I have no meta tags on the site or page.

My question to the experts is this: When I request the page from the server I- how secure is it while enroute to my computer? What is the possibility that it could be intercepted/copied/ or otherwise compromised?

Other than purchasing SSL certificate from the server- is there another way to hide the info or keep it safe?

Thanks-

Andy

bdemonbr · 01-03-2006, 12:07 PM

have you contacted your hosting company with this question? if so can you post their response? I have no clue but I'm really curious what the answer is.

Andy128 · 01-03-2006, 07:12 PM

Yes- I have and they stated that the SSL Cert is a must. I was just double checking here on the TSF.

Andy

12-30-2005, 09:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Andy128 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 380 OS: xp	Security Question I have a website that I use to serve a group I belong to. I would like to have a page that members could go to if they needed to get a phone number and or address of a member if they needed it. I can (and will) password protect it so that anyone that stumbles onto the site will not be able to access it. I consider this information private and would like to secure it. I have no meta tags on the site or page. My question to the experts is this: When I request the page from the server I- how secure is it while enroute to my computer? What is the possibility that it could be intercepted/copied/ or otherwise compromised? Other than purchasing SSL certificate from the server- is there another way to hide the info or keep it safe? Thanks- Andy Last edited by Andy128 : 12-30-2005 at 09:03 PM.

01-03-2006, 12:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
bdemonbr Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 64 OS: WinXP Pro / OS 10.4 / Fedora 9	have you contacted your hosting company with this question? if so can you post their response? I have no clue but I'm really curious what the answer is.

01-03-2006, 07:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
Andy128 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 380 OS: xp	Yes- I have and they stated that the SSL Cert is a must. I was just double checking here on the TSF. Andy