[Tutor] sockets

[Matt Richardson]

Kent Johnson wrote:

> 
> This would be very easy to do with XML-RPC. On the server side, writ a 
> function that takes three parameters - the IP address, MAC address, and 
> traceroute dump - and saves them to a database. Use SimpleXMLRPCServer 
> to expose the function. On the client side, gather the data and use 
> xmlrpclib to call the remote function. Easy. Since this function will 
> presumably be exposed on the public internet you need to worry about 
> security; you should use some kind of authorization. A really simple 
> solution would be to add username and password arguments to the function 
> you expose.
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I thought that might be overkill after quickly glancing at it in 
'Foundations of Python Network Programming', but I think you might have 
just convinced me that it is actually the easier route.  My original 
thought was that it could be just a simple string, sent via UDP, that 
would happen after networking was established but before log in.  I had 
done something simpler before using a bash script and sendmail, but I 
really don't want my inbox plugged up with a bunch of 'phone home' 
messages :)

Matt