[NTLUG:Discuss] OT? security comparsion

[Robert Pearson]

On 11/28/05, Greg Edwards <greg at nas-inet.com> wrote:
>
> SSL is just as safe and secure as handing your credit card to the waiter
> at your favorite restaurant.  The risk is not in the transaction, it's in
> the establishment handling your credit card.
>
> I would never send a CC number via fax or http.  Neither are secure enough
> for that kind of information, IMHO.  If the person getting the fax is
> standing there at the time, and both your end and their's are hard wired
> to real fax machines, still not for me.
>
> I don't have any problems with a phone, only with a live person on the
> other end though.  There's a paranoia level each individual reaches when
> they won't do a phone purchase.  You'd probably give Sears catalog your
> number, but not Joe's Eats.

How about name, address, phone number and Social Security number
with "http://form"?

Is there a way to tell if SSL is being used?
Does the "https://form" indicate that?