Additional Field Validation Added by CyberSource in January, 2013

As part of its commitment to maintain industry-leading security and data integrity, CyberSource has implemented additional front-end validation of transaction data entering its systems.

With the introduction of a late January code release, additional validation is performed for values on certain API fields coming into the Production environment. This validation takes place across all connection methods, as outlined below:

 

Customer Name/Suffix/Title

Ship-To Name

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   -- May start with a letter, number, or question mark (?)

   -- Subsequent characters can be any of following:

   -- letters

   -- numbers

   -- question mark (?)

   -- dash (-)

   -- single quote (')

   -- period (.)

   -- comma (,)

   -- forward slash (/)

   -- 'at' sign (@)

   -- ampersand (&)

 

Customer E-mail

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  -- Must be valid e-mail address format  (example:  <string>@<string>.<string>)

  - Phone numbers or Social Security numbers will be blocked

 

Company Name

Ship-To Company Name

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   -- May start with a letter, number, or question mark (?)

   -- Subsequent characters can be any of the following:

   -- letters

   -- numbers

   -- period (.)

   -- comma (,)

   -- forward slash (/)

   -- ampersand (&)

   -- 'at' sign (@)

   -- question mark (?)

   -- parenthesis ()

 

Customer Phone Number

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   -- Must be a valid phone number format (letters included, such as 1-800-GOT-SAND)

   -- May contain any of the following as well:

   -- numbers

   -- letters

   -- dash (-)

   -- parenthesis ()

   -- plus sign (+)

   -- comma (,)

   -- asterisk (*)

   -- period (.)

   -- pound sign (#)

 

Merchant Reference Number

Order Number

Customer E-mail

Comments

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  -- Phone numbers and Social Security numbers will be blocked

 

Company Name

Ship-To Company Name

Customer Account ID

Subscription Title

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  -- Phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and e-mail addresses will be blocked

You can also find this information if you go to go to CyberSouce site or you can use the link below:

http://support.cybersource.com/cybskb/index?page=content&id=C1251