No need for SSL with Paypal IPN?

[liquidhal]

I've been slowly working on setting up an oscommerce site, coming from no experience in the field, so bear (bare?) with me.

 

Getting an SSL certificate seems expensive and troublesome. I understand that when taking credit cards on your site it's absolutely necassary, but as I understand the paypal IPN module, all the sensitive credit card info is handled in paypal's site. Does this let me off the hook in regards to getting an SSL certificate?

 

I suppose the paypal express/pro features would require SSL.

 

I browsed the SSL providers, the lowest I've found is about $150 a year, is that what people generally pay?

[nvedia]

Did you see Godaddy?

[AlexStudio]

You don't need a dedicated SSL certificate which is expensive. Most of the hosting providers nowadays offer shared SSL certificate at a very low price or free. It is good enough to start with.

[Guest]

You don't need a dedicated SSL certificate which is expensive. Most of the hosting providers nowadays offer shared SSL certificate at a very low price or free. It is good enough to start with.

 

True. Also, imho, you need ssl when you are collecting personal details.

[Guest]

You'll need a certificate recognized by most browsers, which is not always (or never?) the case with shared certificates. If the certificate is not recognized, your customer will see a nice popup window saying that this is not a trusted site. Not really nice.