Need robust website password manager
I have a new commercial site that supports a subscription service currently with 300 subscribers. I'm running a cgi Perl script to manage my subscribers password needs, but it is constantly breaking down, and I don't have the knowledge or experience to keep it working properly.
I'm looking for a commercial password management service that will work seamlessly with my site, manage up to 1,000-2,000 usernames and passwords and not have to be maintained in my own cgi directory of my site where I will have to manage and troubleshoot it. Subscribers will need to modify their own usernames and passwords and it should interface with my payment gateway to receive payment data and develop subscription expiration notices.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Many thanks,
-Pat
Troy1960 posted this at 15:43 — 5th October 2004.
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Did you look through HotScripts.com yet? How about Resourceindex.com? Search google? It's out there!
mjs416 posted this at 16:03 — 5th October 2004.
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Does the server have php and mysql? If so, I would recommend using that. Dynamic scripting and a database is really the best way to go with your requirements.
cassinirings posted this at 18:52 — 5th October 2004.
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My server (hosted) apparently does have php and mysqy (not sure what they are, however), but unfortunately, I know nothing about this stuff. I got a script from HotScripts and tried to install in the cgi without much help and got into big trouble w/my hosting service--way over my head technically. We finally bought a script w/reasonably good support, but the script keeps breaking down and our 1,200 subscribers have neen screaming at us. What we need is a robust, turn-key 3rd party website to handle all our username/password needs. While we have access to our hosted server, I have no technical capability to maintain these scripts. Anyone know about such a 3rd party site that can handle this for us? We will need to tie the usernames/passwords to a data file that gets uploaded from our payment processor so we can track expirations, etc. The email addresses also get appended to an email alert list.
Thanks,
-Pat
Troy1960 posted this at 19:56 — 5th October 2004.
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If your skills can't support the intergration of the services you need maybe you should outsource them to a company that can help you.
JeevesBond posted this at 12:41 — 6th October 2004.
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I concur with Troy on this one, either: Outsource, employ someone, go on a server-side programming course, buy a book and read it...Fast.
Sorry to put your options into such stark terms, however these seem to be the way forward.
Btw: Turn-key doesn't exist, it's part of the bullsh*t dictionary middle-management invented to make themselves sound more important than they actually are.
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snareklutz posted this at 08:19 — 12th October 2004.
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Take a look at http://www.hotscripts.com/Remotely_Hosted/Password_Protection/index.html and try the expencive once!
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