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IIRC, if you prompt for the "secret code" on the back of the credit card,
YOU CAN'T STORE IT AT ALL, encrypted or otherwise.

Joe

> From: Matt.Haas@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> The best way to handle this is to make the page able to handle it
> (usability is hard but your users will love you for it, or at least it
> will be one less thing to complain about, LOL). This usually means that
> you need to persist the data. Since you're dealing with credit cards,
> cookies are a no-no which means that you probably need to create a table
> to store the information. If you go this route, you should also make
> sure to encrypt the data when you store it (use 128-bit or higher AES).
> The credit card companies are really cracking down on this and will levy
> big fines against companies that they find aren't doing this. Even
> worse, they'll cut you off from being able to accept their card.



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