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Encrypting credit card information with OpenSSL
July 26th, 2010 at 9:10am | 2 CommentsRecently, when I researched the encryption of credit card information, or card holder data (CHD) as it’s known in the industry, I was somewhat frightened by what I found. Almost every tutorial suggested using MySQL’s AES functions. While AES is an excellent symmetric-key algorithm, a symmetric-key algorithm is not a great choice for storing CHD long ... read more »
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Building WordPressFreelancer.com: Fun with the latest, greatest web dev tech
July 14th, 2010 at 6:32am | 2 CommentsLast year I registered WordPressFreelancer.com with grand plans to build a directory of freelancers who work with WordPress complete with a job board and blog consisting of freelancer interviews. Once I sobered up, I realized I already had more than enough on my plate and that this probably wasn’t going to happen. Recently however, I ... read more »