Joe Junkin

REIL.com uses digest authentication. I am using perl to pull down the data so first I need to login to the reil.com server with proper authorization. I was unable to find a lot of documentation on how this process works. The usual method for exposing web services is via SOAP, but this service uses HTTP Digest Authentication. I have not used it much but it appears that the main benefit is not sending the password in clear text over a non-ssl connection. It is not as secure as SSL by any means but is better than a clear text transmission of the password.
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I have been working on a project to pull information from a local MLS service, reil.com. They provide MLS data for the San francisco Bay area such as Palo Alto and Menlo Park. I am building websites for some local Real Estate Agents that display current MLS properties in a google map. The data will be pulled from reil.com to a local database and syncronized at various periods throughout the day. The information will be displayed on a googlemap. The data will appear based on the current proximity of the map. So when the user drags the map the system will re-search the database give the new boundries.