ESP8266 Community Forum

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!

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.

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.

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.