Strategy to Verify Python Program is POST'ing to a web server.

[Paul Rubin]

Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> writes:
>> Supply the client with tamper-proof hardware containing a private key.
>
> Is that resistant to man-in-the-middle attacks by somebody with a packet 
> sniffer watching the traffic between the device and the website?

Sure, why not?  As long as the crypto is done properly, that is.

But, there is also the matter of securing the path from the data to the
hardware.  I don't have the impression that the OP has really thought
this through.