OFX Direct Connect Setup Question

[Dave Reiser]

yetanother wrote:
> David,
> Thanks!  I've attached the  http://www.nabble.com/file/p15293705/ofx.log
> ofx.log  file [edited]
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Also, if you don't mind I'll put something in the OFX Direct Connect FAQ to
> show how to set the environment variable and get the ofx.log.  It will
> mention Windows systems as well (so others won't make the dumb mistake I did
> &-()
> 
You're getting standard html back in the response, which means you 
aren't sending to the real ofx server. You need to find out what the 
current address of the ofx direct connect server is. One way that works 
is to use Quicken to connect once, and read their logs. I haven't tried 
Quicken 2008 yet, but all previous versions had some way to get at the 
ofx logs. Of course, that means you either need to have an evaluation 
version of Quicken, or a friend you can trust who has some working 
version of Quicken.

Soon there are likely to be problems with direct connect sessions. 
Quicken is disabling online functionality of Quicken 2005 on April 30. 
At that point, it seems likely that Intuit will also change their server 
software to require challenge questions for ofxdc users. If that 
happens, there will certainly be a delay while the libofx and/or 
aqbanking folks figure out how to code the new login features. With no 
known public ofx test servers, it takes people willing to test on their 
own accounts to make changes happen.

The challenge questions are supposedly multifactor authentication (now 
overdue, according the the US government banking overseers...).

Please do add to the wiki. That's the way the wiki gets better.

Dave
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David Reiser
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