Authentication by client SSL certificate is best. You should also look into restricting access on the server side by IP address.
Michael On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 7:34 AM, mzagu...@gmail.com <mzagu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Folks, > > I am wondering what your strategies are for ensuring that data > transmitted to a website via a python program is indeed from that > program, and not from someone submitting POST data using some other > means. I find it likely that there is no solution, in which case what > is the best solution for sending data to a remote server from a python > program and ensuring that it is from that program? > > For example, if I create a website that tracks some sort of > statistical information and don't ensure that my program is the one > that is uploading it, the statistics can be thrown off by people > entering false POST data onto the data upload page. Any remedy? > > Thanks > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
