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cb549
12-26-2006, 10:18 AM
Hello,
I have two forms done in FrontPage 03.
An information submission form and a contact form.
What is a secure way to send these forms?
How can I set this up.
I have a web host in mind that offers the server side security and FrontPage.
Any Help Appreciated!
ray326
12-26-2006, 06:25 PM
The only way to send them securely is to use SSL on the server.
cb549
12-26-2006, 07:07 PM
Yes I realize this, and I do appreciate you help, but again, how do I do that?
NogDog
12-26-2006, 07:53 PM
Not exactly sure if this is what you're asking, but you'll need some sort of server-side program to call as the action of your forms; and that program will process the inputs and do whatever it is you want done with them. Depending on what technologies your web server supports, the "action" might be a PHP file, a Perl/CGI program, ASP/.NET file, etc. There are many "formmail" scripts out there which you might be able to install on your site if you just want the form data emailed to you (or your web host may have a formmail script already installed that you could use).
ray326
12-26-2006, 10:23 PM
Yes I realize this, and I do appreciate you help, but again, how do I do that?It depends on your web server. You get an SSL certificate from one of the providers of such and you use it to configure your server for SSL. It can't be done piecemeal IIRC; the server has to either be running SSL or not. Here's one approach for the most commonly used web server on the Internet.
http://www.modssl.org/