RE: [PHP] ebay authentication.

I would start by reading: http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-user.html http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/index.html that might save you a lot of trouble. > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin French [mailto:justin@indent.com.au] > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 6:05 PM > To: Kunal Jhunjhunwala; php-list > Subject: Re: [PHP] 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 > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php