ESP8266 Community Forum

- Wed Jan 25, 2017 1:09 pm #61514 Thanks for the resources, I'll check them out!
Well, I want to push some text for example, on a sql database on a local server. Also I want to push text to a file on a server using any authentication methods that esp8266 can support. I can't be more precise than that as I don't know how.
How to inject data in a sql server, using a mariadb username/password/database name?
How do I write text to a file on a server using a secure method? What kinds of protocols does the Arduino IDE support for this? Let's say update a text file on a FTP server with user name/password? How do I replace the text on that file, or how do I append text to a file?
I'm trying to see what the limitations are so I can understand how much I can do with this board.
Thanks again for your feedback!

- Wed Jan 25, 2017 7:33 pm #61532 Do searches on SSL & ESP8266 if you are wanting higher security. But if you are doing this as a home network then I don't see the point for higher security. Make it your own network on the ESP8266 side. Any connection to the outside world could go through a Raspberry Pi port and have it handle access security.

Maybe someone else with a stronger background in this will suggest something. My strengths tend to be hardware.

- Thu Jan 26, 2017 1:19 pm #61572 Have a look at this. http://tech.scargill.net/big-timer/ Specifically Backtrack for newbies. Then http://tech.scargill.net/some-background/

It may not be what you were looking for, but it is an interesting way to get the job done.

- Thu Jan 26, 2017 3:51 pm #61578 Thanks for the resources!
So far I've managed to get started in my network, using GET and a php app to write some text into a file on my server. I'm thinking of accessing the esp8266 from the internet as well and I'd like some security.