Re: NOVA credit card services and port 8100

[Don Kendrick <don () netspys com>]

Funny you should ask. I just got out of a conf call with them.  Here's what 
I know:

Port 8100...correct. TCP.

Encryption is based on what software you're using on the client end. If 
it's NovaWarp, then yes it is encrypted and using some public algorithm but 
I can't remember what (we did that part a month ago and are not going that 
route). If you are using some sort of central site authorization 
software/API such as Protobase it depends on the vendor.

Note that you can setup to go to them over the net or via some kind of 
private line.

Their tech/security guy was on the call with us and he seems just as 
paranoid as me so that was good.

That''s what I know at this point.

Don

At 10:21 AM 10/17/2001 -0500, Albert Hopkins wrote:
> Is anyone familiar with the software that the NOVA credit card service
> distributes?  Apparently to validate credit cards, etc, it needs access
> to port 8100 to a few of their sites.  That port is currently blocked by
> our firewall.  I don't know anything about the software and don't have a
> copy of it and I'm just wondering if/what kinds of encryption it uses
> and what protocol it uses (port 8100 is not in my /etc/services).  Any
> help is greatly appreciated.
>
> --a
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