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1. Can I setup an online store on your servers?
2. What is a secure server?
3. What is GPG and why do I need it?

Can I setup an online store on your servers?

• i~sell Shopping Cart - Free with all accounts
• osCommerce - Free on all accounts with MySQL

[ Please visit our eCommerce page for full details ]

What is a secure server?

A secure server uses encryption to allow information to be securely transmitted between your visitor and your web site.  Our Corporate Giant account comes with secure server access.  It can be added to our Small Business Starter and Business Power accounts for only $20.00 setup and $ 2.00 a month.

What is GPG and why do I need it?

GPG (GNU Privacy Guard) is an OpenPGP compliant application which enables you to encrypt data on your web site.  It is compatible with PGP  5.x and has very similar functionality.   If your site comes with secure server access, we will setup GPG for you for free.

If you intend to receive sensitive information over the web, SSL access alone does not guarantee the safety of your data.  SSL keeps the information safe as it travels to your web site, but does not provide any protection once the data arrives.   GPG can be used to immediately encrypt the data when it arrives at your web site - you only decrypt it once you have downloaded it to your hard drive.  That gives you peace of mind knowing that the information your customers enter into your secure form will be safe all the way across the web.

We install a special version of FormMail on your secure server so that, when you receive sensitive information via your secure server, you can have the information immediately encrypted and mailed to you in encrypted form.  Once you have retrieved your mail from the server, it can be easily and safely decrypted on your hard drive using your PGP or GPG software.

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