I'm running ActiveState 10.5 on WinXP. I have a need to regularly deliver some info from Windows XP (and attached devices) to a web site. The information could be simple flags (on/off) or simple data or messages. This transmit will happen up to every minute.

What would be some different idea for accomplishing that?

windows xp Perl 10.5 laptop} -----> Linux Web ISP platform website (with PHP]. </P

Some possible ideas: FTP a file to website, or could Perl on Windows trigger a PHP file to run an set a flag. How about a DB call to MySQL on the website?(I know/have MySQL running at this site).

So I was looking for recommendations that took into consideration: Security, 24x7 operation, low bandwidth, low complexity, reliability, different options etc.... just a project think tank before I jump in real deep.

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