diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServerUtils.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServerUtils.cs
index ae7ec0f44c..6c2b3ed031 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServerUtils.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServerUtils.cs
@@ -255,5 +255,47 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Base
                 parent.AppendChild(elem);
             }
         }
+
+        public static Dictionary<string, object> ParseXmlResponse(string data)
+        {
+            Dictionary<string, object> ret = new Dictionary<string, object>();
+
+            XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
+
+            doc.LoadXml(data);
+            
+            XmlNodeList rootL = doc.GetElementsByTagName("ServerResponse");
+
+            if (rootL.Count != 1)
+                return ret;
+
+            XmlNode rootNode = rootL[0];
+
+            ret = ParseElement(rootNode);
+
+            return ret;
+        }
+
+        private static Dictionary<string, object> ParseElement(XmlNode element)
+        {
+            Dictionary<string, object> ret = new Dictionary<string, object>();
+
+            XmlNodeList partL = element.ChildNodes;
+
+            foreach (XmlNode part in partL)
+            {
+                XmlNode type = part.Attributes.GetNamedItem("Type");
+                if (type == null || type.Value != "List")
+                {
+                    ret[part.Name] = part.InnerText;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    ret[part.Name] = ParseElement(part);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return ret;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Authentication/AuthenticationServerPostHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Authentication/AuthenticationServerPostHandler.cs
index 6cf7d56ec2..490a13a30f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Authentication/AuthenticationServerPostHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Authentication/AuthenticationServerPostHandler.cs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Authentication
 
             doc.AppendChild(xmlnode);
 
-            XmlElement rootElement = doc.CreateElement("", "Authentication",
+            XmlElement rootElement = doc.CreateElement("", "ServerResponse",
                     "");
 
             doc.AppendChild(rootElement);
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Authentication
 
             doc.AppendChild(xmlnode);
 
-            XmlElement rootElement = doc.CreateElement("", "Authentication",
+            XmlElement rootElement = doc.CreateElement("", "ServerResponse",
                     "");
 
             doc.AppendChild(rootElement);
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Authentication
 
             doc.AppendChild(xmlnode);
 
-            XmlElement rootElement = doc.CreateElement("", "Authentication",
+            XmlElement rootElement = doc.CreateElement("", "ServerResponse",
                     "");
 
             doc.AppendChild(rootElement);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Authentication/AuthenticationServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Authentication/AuthenticationServiceConnector.cs
index 053d27c8da..35f96a19a3 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Authentication/AuthenticationServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Authentication/AuthenticationServiceConnector.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ using OpenSim.Framework;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Communications;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer;
 using OpenSim.Services.Interfaces;
+using OpenSim.Server.Base;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors
@@ -83,6 +84,17 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors
 
         public string Authenticate(UUID principalID, string password, int lifetime)
         {
+            Dictionary<string, string> sendData = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+            sendData["LIFETIME"] = lifetime.ToString();
+            sendData["PRINCIPAL"] = principalID.ToString();
+            sendData["PASSWORD"] = password;
+
+            sendData["METHOD"] = "authenticate";
+
+            string reply = SynchronousRestFormsRequester.MakeRequest("POST",
+                    m_ServerURI + "/auth/plain",
+                    ServerUtils.BuildQueryString(sendData));
+
             return String.Empty;
         }