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Posted by Duane A. Long, webmaster for greatolives.com. I work for Maurice Penna.

PCI Compliance problem with GoDaddy

I've been a fan of GoDaddy for a long time, until today. If you have a shopping cart with someone else and host with GoDaddy you may encounter problems with PCI compliance testing by SecurityMetrics.com. GoDaddy will not consider a white list to probe their hosting setup and look for empty ports and the like, even if it's just a few IP's to whitelist, even if it's just temporary.

While I appreciate that SecurityMetrics' inability to even probe makes it sound very secure and should be a passing grade, it isn't working out that way. GoDaddy told me, at all levels, even Presidential, that I had two options, order GoDaddy's shopping cart or host elsewhere.

I hear that the situation is a push towards certain shopping cart solutions, such as GoDaddy's shopping cart, PayPal and Google Checkout, where the PCI compliance is in large part the shopping cart providers'.

I posted my problem on BobParsons.me blog, but that's moderated and chose not to post the negative feedback I gave his company.

Posted by Duane A. Long, webmaster for greatolives.com. I work for Maurice Penna.

LongThoughts

in the same vein

I hate to admit it, but I've only done a bit better than my youngest brother. I thought I could handle our mother's dementia, Alheimer's. What a cruel disease. It truly does lay a person's true nature out there for all to see. What is left of a person as the disease progresses seems to be their true nature without inhibitions. I hope they come up with a cure or at least halt the progression of this truly horrible disease. I do not intend to wait until the end stages of that disease to do what my mother said she intended, but is now incalpable of implementing.

A journey back from at the brink

and who knows how long that will last? When you turn 50, it can make you think. It wasn't that long ago that our ancestors considered that a long life. Personally, I think we've made far too much progress in increasing longevity, than we should have in increasing quality of life.

to the brink

could not have been closer, even in dreams, damned thing looked back at me. Never got more clarity than by serious consideration. Anything less does not expand thinking about alternatives outside the proverbial box. And let's face it, if you don't take it serious, you are not ready for change. I think I have a better understanding about extreme sports now, even if it does reek of the lemming excuse.

Finally, a worthwhile candidate

check out Paul R. Singh, from Live Oak, California, who's running for the Senate, District 4, California. His website is www.singh4senate.com and his blog is http://www.singh4senate.blogspot.com/

Hey

OK, now what. Just had to see what this blogging is all about.