In every kit, you will receive 100Kb of storage space on our secure server for any documents you create that you would like to have secured. Just send your document to us and we'll upload to our secure server at no extra charge.

If you would like to have a secure order/application form that your customers can use to submit their confidential info to you (like credit card or billing info), just send your order form in HTML format to us and we'll configure it with the proper codes for use with our secure server, and then we'll place it on our secure server for you at no extra charge. When a user submits information via your secure order form, we will retrieve the data through a secure connection and place it into a text file. Then we compress the text file inside of a 160-Bit Encrypted, Password-Protected, Executable file. This executable file will be sent to your private email box. For each submission, your account will be charged $0.75 fee for the labor involved in retrieving, compiling, and sending the information to you. This is a small price to pay considering that you only pay for the secure server when your customers use it. We also have a Flat Rate Secure Sever Plan that you can choose if you feel that your customers will use your secure forms often.:

• Flat Rate Secure Server Plan 1 ($15/mo - no setup fee)- works the same way as described above, but includes credit for 30 submission fees every month (worth $22.50 - which saves you $7.50 each month if your order forms are used often by your customers).
• Other Plans - If you have the need to run your own custom secure CGI programs, you will need to get your own secure server. By having your own secure server, everyone of your Web pages will be able to be accessed securely. Please contact support@Finon.com to order your own secure server.

Why should I pay extra for secure server usage?

About Our Secure Server

We utilize the Netscape developed, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol for authentication and encryption over TCP/IP networks. This protocol provides reliable authentication exchanges between clients and servers.

SSL’s are based on ciphers, which differ from coded gates, by using a systematic mathematical design whereby two large prime numbers are randomly generated and multiplied creating a number so large that ordinary computers cannot factor it back to its two original primes. It is these two prime numbers that end up being the keys to decrypting the encrypted data. As long as the original prime numbers are kept secret, no one can decipher an SSL-encrypted message without an extravagant expenditure of resources. It is within their complexity that makes them useful for authentication purposes.

Most web site hosting companies charge a high flat monthly rate for storing secure documents or sneak it into a higher regular monthly hosting fee. Most of these companies don't even help you program your forms to work correctly with their secure server. And often times clients of other hosting companies have to check their secure server manually to see if any orders were submitted (we actually send the order to your email box in an encrypted file - only with our regular secure server plan and with Flat Rate Secure Server Plan 1). Along with our generous "pay as you go" plan and flat rate secure server plans, we will even go as far as actually coding the special HTML of the order form for FREE! Just provide the basic layout of the form in HTML with the fields (labeled as you want) and we will insert the necessary codes and actually place it on the secure server for you at no extra charge! (This free service does not apply to Flat Rate Secure Server Plan 2)

CAN I USE SERVER SIDE INCLUDES?

Yes, SSI (Server Side Includes) are enabled on Finon servers and are very helpful in keeping the file structure of your site efficient, especially when site maintainence and updating is concerned.

For example, let's say you want to have a default header for all the pages of your site. What you do is create a file header.htm with all the HTML that you want to appear on top of all the pages. Then, instead of putting that code or design on every page, you simply add a line into the HTML of each page like...

<!--#include file="header.htm" -->

And that will simply take all the HTML from header.htm and automatically feed it into the page right at that point where you copied in the "include line".

That way, you can create a layout with background and set all your link colors and font styles in ONE file (header.htm) rather than having to change EVERY page of the site when all you are trying to do is just change the background or font style.

Remember to name any files that contain references to "include lines" using the .html extension. This tells flags your pages so that the server knows when to look for "include lines". For example, if your home page includes a reference to <!--#include file="header.htm" --> then you will want to change your home page file name from index.html to index.html.