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Q: "gisha yashira" for Bank Leumi




Hello everybody,

I'm about to subscribe to the aforementioned service. Honestly, I'm
quite disappointed with it, but I have no choice.

1. They *don't* use the same protocols Quicken is using so I may kiss
   the idea of integrated on-line banking good-bye.

2. They make people use a special proprietary program for the service.
   You may be surprised, but this program is for Windows 95 only.
   Funny, but if I understood them right, it has problems running on
   even Windows NT.

3. They don't want to disclose the protocol. I tried to convince the
   guy I talked to, that by giving me protocol spec *they* would be
   able to cover bigger market, 'cause I'd start a project for
   integrating this protocol into GnuCash, but they seem not to care.

Thus, questions follow:

1. Does anybody have any idea what the protocol is? I believe it is
   not OFX (http://www.ofx.net), but maybe I am wrong? Does anybody
   have a buddy (better still, a girlfriend) at the "Gisha Yashira"
   dept? AFAIS, the fact they don't give away the protocol is not
   because there is an explicit written policy of keeping it
   confidential, but because people I talked to thought they
   shouldn't. So it may be the case of finding the right guy
   (preferably using Linux :-)

2. Does anybody know a decent serial port/modem sniffer for Windows
   95?

Thanks in advance,

-- 
Alexander L. Belikoff
Bloomberg L.P. / BFM Financial Research Ltd.
abel@bfr.co.il