Re: ebay authentication.

I'd barely trust ebay's security/privacy, let alone trusting you with it, and you transporting it around the net in an insecure manner. Even if this CAN be implemented, I wouldn't do it, or even consider it. It probably wouldn't make ebay very happy either. Justin French on 08/08/02 9:50 AM, Kunal Jhunjhunwala (kunal@getmonked.net) wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to authenticate users on my site by authenticating them against > ebay. Dont ask me why, I just have to. :) I need to know wether the user > entering my site is a valid ebay user or no. The only way I thought I could > validate them is by checking there login name and password. > > I thought of posting the username password directly to ebays sign in form > and processing the output, but that doesnt seem to be working. Could someone > suggest an alternate method? > > Warm Regards, > Kunal Jhunjhunwala > > "Minds think with ideas, not information. No amount of data, bandwidth, or > pocessing power can substitute for inspired thought," - Clifford Stoll > >