I'm keen on your idea for an out-of-band mechanism, and would be needed for the ...

		eliot_sykes on Nov 5, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Monitors.txt - lazy webapp monitoring I'm keen on your idea for an out-of-band mechanism, and would be needed for the obfuscated URL idea "For the more gung-ho, obfuscate the URL and use SSL (e.g. https://yoursite.tld/something-unguessable/monitors.txt) and tell your provider where to find your monitors.txt"

Another approach could be to support HTTP Basic auth.