sending credit card number over ssl

just need to know the best way to send a credit card number to a servlet securely

is it possible to set up an ssl connection with a servlet from a browser and then post a credit card number to that servlet or do you have to have some source code on the client side with an applet or jsp tag

if anyone knows any links explaining how to do the above or some sample code

i'd appreciate it

thanks

[429 byte] By [kevincrowleya] at [2007-9-19]