diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/InventoryConfig.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/InventoryConfig.cs
index ef8a28a23a..90e44827d6 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/InventoryConfig.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/InventoryConfig.cs
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
         public string DatabaseProvider = String.Empty;
         public string DefaultStartupMsg = String.Empty;
         public uint HttpPort = DefaultHttpPort;
+        public string InventoryServerURL = String.Empty;
         public string UserServerURL = String.Empty;
+        public string AssetServerURL = String.Empty;
         public bool SessionLookUp = true;
+        public bool RegionAccessToAgentsInventory = true;
 
         public InventoryConfig(string description, string filename)
         {
@@ -53,10 +56,18 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
 
         public void loadConfigurationOptions()
         {
+            configMember.addConfigurationOption("default_inventory_server",
+                                                ConfigurationOption.ConfigurationTypes.TYPE_STRING_NOT_EMPTY,
+                                                "Default Inventory Server URI (this server's external name)",
+                                                "http://127.0.0.1:8004", false);
             configMember.addConfigurationOption("default_user_server",
                                                 ConfigurationOption.ConfigurationTypes.TYPE_STRING_NOT_EMPTY,
                                                 "Default User Server URI",
-                                                "http://127.0.0.1:" + UserConfig.DefaultHttpPort.ToString(), false);
+                                                "http://127.0.0.1:8002", false);
+            configMember.addConfigurationOption("default_asset_server",
+                                                ConfigurationOption.ConfigurationTypes.TYPE_STRING_NOT_EMPTY,
+                                                "Default Asset Server URI",
+                                                "http://127.0.0.1:8003", false);
             configMember.addConfigurationOption("database_provider", ConfigurationOption.ConfigurationTypes.TYPE_STRING,
                                                 "DLL for database provider", "OpenSim.Data.MySQL.dll", false);
             configMember.addConfigurationOption("database_connect", ConfigurationOption.ConfigurationTypes.TYPE_STRING,
@@ -65,15 +76,23 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
                                                 "Http Listener port", DefaultHttpPort.ToString(), false);
             configMember.addConfigurationOption("session_lookup", ConfigurationOption.ConfigurationTypes.TYPE_BOOLEAN,
                                                 "Enable session lookup security", "False", false);
+            configMember.addConfigurationOption("region_access", ConfigurationOption.ConfigurationTypes.TYPE_BOOLEAN,
+                                                "Allow direct region access to users inventories? (Keep True if you don't know what this is about)", "True", false);
         }
 
         public bool handleIncomingConfiguration(string configuration_key, object configuration_result)
         {
             switch (configuration_key)
             {
+                case "default_inventory_server":
+                    InventoryServerURL = (string)configuration_result;
+                    break;
                 case "default_user_server":
                     UserServerURL = (string) configuration_result;
                     break;
+                case "default_asset_server":
+                    AssetServerURL = (string)configuration_result;
+                    break;
                 case "database_provider":
                     DatabaseProvider = (string) configuration_result;
                     break;
@@ -86,6 +105,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
                 case "session_lookup":
                     SessionLookUp = (bool)configuration_result;
                     break;
+                case "region_access":
+                    RegionAccessToAgentsInventory = (bool)configuration_result;
+                    break;
             }
 
             return true;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Grid/InventoryServer/Main.cs b/OpenSim/Grid/InventoryServer/Main.cs
index e4cd44687e..07fb19c7c0 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Grid/InventoryServer/Main.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Grid/InventoryServer/Main.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ using log4net;
 using log4net.Config;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
+using OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Services;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Console;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Servers;
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer
         private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
 
         private GridInventoryService m_inventoryService;
+        private HGInventoryService m_directInventoryService;
 
         public const string LogName = "INVENTORY";
 
@@ -70,14 +72,19 @@ namespace OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer
             m_inventoryService.DoLookup = config.SessionLookUp;
             m_inventoryService.AddPlugin(config.DatabaseProvider, config.DatabaseConnect);
 
+
             m_log.Info("[" + LogName + "]: Starting HTTP server ...");
 
             m_httpServer = new BaseHttpServer(config.HttpPort);
-            AddHttpHandlers();
+            if (config.RegionAccessToAgentsInventory)
+                AddHttpHandlers();
+
             m_httpServer.Start();
 
             m_log.Info("[" + LogName + "]: Started HTTP server");
 
+            m_directInventoryService = new HGInventoryService(m_inventoryService, config.AssetServerURL, config.UserServerURL, m_httpServer, config.InventoryServerURL);
+
             base.StartupSpecific();
 
             m_console.Commands.AddCommand("inventoryserver", false, "add user",