[Xymon] RFE: message encryption

[Rob Munsch]

  > At present, I have a work-around.  Instead of using 
> bin/xymon to send 
> > messages, I'm using curl to post the message file to 
> > https://server.domain.com/xymon/upload.php.  On the server 
> side, the 
> > upload.php script simply drops the message file into 
> xymon's incoming 
> > stream, just as if it were delivered over the net by bin/xymon.
> 
> Good idea.  I almost can copy this approach.
> 
> > The client side has the server's CA cert to validate the connection 
> > and the data flow is encrypted in transit.  I could use 
> client certificates as well.
> 
> But I think this approach only works for Linux xymon client, 
> since curl is readily available.
> Preparing curl for other Unix(say HP-UX) and Windows  will be 
> a big challenge.

Actually....

http://curl.haxx.se/download.html

Wanna run it on Haiku? How about an Amiga? :)