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07-24-2019

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If Microsoft did not create such insecure software, anti-virus companies like MalwareBytes would not be in business.

It's an industry many of us in my circle of cybersecurity experts refer to as a "self-licking ice-cream cone" because all these companies just feed off the insecurity of the Window's (for the most part) operating system.

It's really a social and economic tragedy when you stop to think about it.

I just finished a GREAT book called "Lost in Math - How Beauty Leads Physics Astray" by Sabine Hossenfelder. In her transformational book, she describes the various biases, including cognitive bias" to which "following the herd" is a subset.

Computer security is so full of cognitive bias that if you really understood the industry, your stomach would turn, realizing how much corporate greed is the root cause of most of the IT insecurity we face in society.

There is yet no "antivirus software" for human greed and ignorance.

IMNSHO, everyone should read (or listen to), Sabine Hossenfelder's book, "Lost in Math".

Neo

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business::onlinepayment::openecho

OpenECHO(3pm)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					     OpenECHO(3pm)

NAME

       Business::OnlinePayment::OpenECHO - ECHO backend module for Business::OnlinePayment

SYNOPSIS

	 use Business::OnlinePayment;

	 ####
	 # One step transaction, the simple case.
	 ####

	 my $tx = new Business::OnlinePayment("OpenECHO");
	 $tx->content(
	     type	    => 'VISA',
	     login	    => '1234684752',
	     password	    => '43400210',
	     action	    => 'Normal Authorization',
	     description    => 'Business::OnlinePayment test',
	     amount	    => '49.95',
	     invoice_number => '100100',
	     customer_id    => 'jsk',
	     first_name     => 'Tofu',
	     last_name	    => 'Beast',
	     address	    => '123 Anystreet',
	     city	    => 'Anywhere',
	     state	    => 'UT',
	     zip	    => '84058',
	     card_number    => '4005550000000019',
	     expiration     => '08/06',
	     cvv2	    => '1234', #optional
	     referer	    => 'http://valid.referer.url/',
	 );
	 $tx->submit();

	 if($tx->is_success()) {
	     print "Card processed successfully: ".$tx->authorization."
";
	 } else {
	     print "Card was rejected: ".$tx->error_message."
";
	 }

SUPPORTED TRANSACTION TYPES

       CC, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover

       Content required: type, login, password, action, amount, first_name, last_name, card_number, expiration.

       Check

       Content required: type, login, password, action, amount, first_name, last_name, account_number, routing_code, bank_name. (...more)

PREREQUISITES

	 URI::Escape
	 Tie::IxHash

	 Net::SSLeay _or_ ( Crypt::SSLeay and LWP )

DESCRIPTION

       For detailed information see Business::OnlinePayment.

AUTHOR

       Original Author Michael Lehmkuhl <michael@electricpulp.com>

       Special Thanks Jim Darden <jdarden@echo-inc.com> Dan Browning <db@kavod.com>

       Business::OnlinePayment Implementation Ivan Kohler <ivan-openecho@420.am>

SEE ALSO

       perl(1). Business::OnlinePayment.

perl v5.8.8							    2008-03-01							     OpenECHO(3pm)