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StoreFront 5.0 Manual - StoreFront Support - LaGarde, Inc.

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<strong>StoreFront</strong> <strong>5.0</strong><br />

Once your web has been configured, your products have been created, you have designed and<br />

applied a theme, and you have finished creating the product pages that will be used to display<br />

your products to customers, it is almost time to open the web for business. Before you open<br />

the web, there are some additional steps you should take to ensure that the web is secure<br />

and running smoothly. This includes implementing several necessary security measures to<br />

protect the privacy of your customers. The steps you must take to secure your web are<br />

described in this chapter.<br />

Security<br />

One of the keys to building a successful e-commerce site is ensuring that the checkout<br />

process is secured. If your site is not secure, customers will not feel confident purchasing<br />

your merchandise. Furthermore, the customers who do purchase from the site stand the<br />

chance of being defrauded and having their privacy violated if someone decides to exploit your<br />

unsecured web. It is your responsibility, working in conjunction with your host, to ensure that<br />

your <strong>StoreFront</strong> site is as secure as possible.<br />

<strong>StoreFront</strong> is secured in several ways. These are listed and described briefly below, and<br />

covered in further detail in the following sections.<br />

Permissions: these are the server-side restrictions applied to the web’s folders where<br />

necessary. Properly applied permissions will prevent users from browsing files in these<br />

folders without first submitting a username and password.<br />

Secure Sockets Layer: The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is used to encrypt the<br />

information that customers submit to your site during the checkout process. This ensures<br />

that sensitive information such as credit card data is not exposed during checkout.<br />

Credit Card Encoding and Credit Card Deletion: <strong>StoreFront</strong> has the ability to encode<br />

credit card information before it is stored in your database. This will ensure that, even if<br />

someone should manage to bypass your other security measures and download you<br />

database, all of the credit card numbers will be useless. You can also configure<br />

<strong>StoreFront</strong> to periodically delete credit card data for orders. This will help ensure that your<br />

customers will be protected if the database is compromised.<br />

CONFIGURING YOUR PERMISSIONS<br />

Correctly configured permissions are a vital part of securing your <strong>StoreFront</strong> web. Follow the<br />

steps below to configure the permissions for your web:<br />

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