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Rapattoni generates Web SSO access to Listingbook™ for multiple MLS sites

Listingbook SIMI VALLEY, Calif., April 24, 2008 – Rapattoni Corporation announced today that they have successfully completed Web Single Sign-On (SSO) access for the Florida Gulf Coast MLS using Rapattoni Secure Logon authentication to Listingbook™. This integration enables members to log on once to the MLS and then access the Listingbook site without requiring separate logons.

Rapattoni's Single Sign-On (SSO) feature leverages the security industry standard Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) technology. This technology allows the customer to establish "trust" relationships between third-party vendor websites. Rapattoni's SSO program creates and sends an attached SAML "file" along with a link that can be received by any complying vendor's website. This process allows the user to avoid repeated logons. Once the user has gained access to a compliant remote site, they can move freely between the websites.

Rapattoni supports several SSO standards, including SAML and OpenID. SAML is the standard most widely used by the commercial security industry, including financial institutions where this new style of integration has proven to be a secure and effective solution.

Nick Rapattoni, president, said, "We work hard to develop technology that is user-friendly and intuitive. Our innovative data-security solutions offer additional benefits along with increased security, and are quickly setting the standard in the real estate industry."

About OpenID
OpenID is an open standard adopted by several major companies that eliminates the need for multiple user names and passwords for different websites by using a single OpenID.

About Listingbook
Listingbook™ LLC, based in Greensboro, N.C., is an online service that connects real estate agents and their clients through an integrated platform of client management, sales productivity and direct marketing tools. Listingbook has qualified users who gain access only through their licensed real estate agent. Listingbook is the first-ever web-based community of qualified buyers and sellers, brokers and agents and home service professionals. Listingbook was founded in 1999 and has agreements in place with MLS organizations in North Carolina, Michigan, Florida, New York, Connecticut, Minnesota, Illinois, and California. For more information about Listingbook, call 336-722-3456 x101 or visit www.listingbook.com.

About Rapattoni
Rapattoni Corporation has been serving the real estate industry under the same name and management for 38 years. The company provides an array of integrated products and services for real estate associations and MLS organizations, including Internet MLS systems, association management software, and Secure Logon with Single Sign-On identity portals for online security and convenience. The company's MLS products are serving over 300,000 agents nationally and its association management customers represent more than 85% of the nation's Realtors®. Rapattoni's headquarters are located in Simi Valley, California.

For more information, contact Public Relations at (800) 722-7338, or visit the company's website at http://www.rapattoni.com/.

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