SSL or No SSL - Thats the Question

[ivanirons]

Hello All, I have been searching through the forums for a while now and have found them quite helpful. Thank you!

However, I sitll have this questions, on which I get conflicting answers from in the forum.

Should I get an SSL or Not? Here's my situation
1. I use Authorize.Net for my Payment Processor
2. I unchecked the box to Store CC Information in Virtuemart because I do not want to store it

Are my customers still at risk if I do NOT get an SSL and keep everything the same as today? I want to ensure I'm doing the right thing for security purposes of my customers information.

In an earlier post http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=27169.msg75586#msg75586
Its mentioned that you DON'T need an SSL Certificate if you are using Authorize.Net and not storing info.

Then in another post http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=31288.0
It says that you do need an SSL Certificate

Can someone shed some light on this?
Thanks very much for your help!

[aravot]

For customer's peace of mind is better to have, I when shopping always check for SSL, if a site doesn't have I don't shop.

[ivanirons]

Thanks! That's the way I am leaning as well!