OK, so I've got this nice wee application thingy that I'm writing.

Different parts of it (potentially on different machines) exchange data using xml-rpc (using the Frontier::RPC2 modules). On a private network, this is all well and good. Working fine, easy to do.

That's not the problem.

The problem is that I want to be able to have this working remotely... meaning that the data will be transmitted across the internet... which, I'd rather didn't happen in plain (XML) text, for the world to see.

Now, I can use something like stunnel (I've been told), but for the sake of tidiness, I'd like to not use external applications. Doing this all in perl would be a *lot* nicer.

So, the question. Can I encrypt XML-RPC data, and still use the stock Frontier::RPC2 modules? Or, will I have to do commit some strange acts of deviancy (that are probably outside my skillset) upon the modules to make this happen?

Any and all suggestions, ideas, or constructive LARTs appreciated.

Malach

In reply to Encrypting XML-RPC by Malach

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