PayPal Changes to IPN Handling

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  • Falcon Capt
    Senior Member
    • May 2006
    • 237
    • 4.2.x

    [Forum] PayPal Changes to IPN Handling

    How do we update vBulletin 4.2.3 to handle these changes (if necessary).



    https://www.paypal-knowledge.com/inf...ewlocale=en_US
    IPN Verification Postback to HTTPS Microsite







    Merchants and partners use Instant Payment Notification (IPN) to receive notifications of events related to PayPal transactions. The IPN message service requires that you acknowledge receipt of these messages and validate them. This process includes posting the messages back to PayPal for verification. In the past, PayPal has allowed the use of HTTP for these postbacks. For increased security going forward, only HTTPS will be allowed.
    To avoid any disruption of service, you must verify that your systems
    are ready for this change by September 30, 2016


    NOTE: In addition to requiring HTTPS, PayPal is also upgrading the security standards of all external endpoints. You should verify that your current systems support these requirements. More details can be found on the SSL and TLS microsites.
    The ipnpb.paypal.com and ipnpb.sandbox.paypal.com endpoints only accept HTTPS connections. If you currently use www.paypal.com, you should move to ipnpb.paypal.com when you update your code to use HTTPS.
    On January 14, 2016

    When used for IPN postbacks, www.sandbox.paypal.com will only accept HTTPS connections.
    On September 30, 2016

    When used for IPN postbacks, www.paypal.com will only accept HTTPS connections.

    • Why is PayPal making this change?
      PayPal is upgrading all external endpoints used by merchants and partners to make programmatic connections. One of these changes is only allowing the use of HTTPS when connecting with PayPal systems to ensure that all information is securely transmitted. IPN messages contain sensitive information about your customers and their transactions that should only be passed securely.
    • What are the upgraded security standards that PayPal is moving to for all external endpoints?
      PayPal is upgrading all of its external endpoints to the latest industry standards:
      • HTTP 1.1 or newer
      • HTTPS only
      • TLS 1.2 or newer only
      • 2048-bit, SHA-256 certificates signed with VeriSign’s G5 root

      For more information, please reference the SSL and TLS microsites.

  • Falcon Capt
    Senior Member
    • May 2006
    • 237
    • 4.2.x

    #2
    Anyone???

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    • Falcon Capt
      Senior Member
      • May 2006
      • 237
      • 4.2.x

      #3
      Bump!

      Is anything required to be changed in vB 4.2.3 to comply with these PayPal changes???

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      • Paul M
        Former Lead Developer
        vB.Com & vB.Org
        • Sep 2004
        • 9886

        #4

        Baby, I was born this way

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        • Falcon Capt
          Senior Member
          • May 2006
          • 237
          • 4.2.x

          #5
          Thanks Paul!

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          • JoeZ
            Member
            • Jan 2007
            • 42
            • 3.6.x

            #6
            I am on 4.2.4 and my subscriptions aren't auto updating.. please advise.

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            • Wayne Luke
              vBulletin Technical Support Lead
              • Aug 2000
              • 73979

              #7
              Originally posted by JoeZ
              I am on 4.2.4 and my subscriptions aren't auto updating.. please advise.
              Please open your own topic on this issue.
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              Wayne Luke
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