screen-scraper (http://www.screen-scraper.com/) runs fabulously on Linux, and integrates well with most modern programming languages. It can save all kinds of time over writing Perl and Python scripts. There's a free (as in beer) version available, and a pro version if more features are wanted.
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I actually wrote up a blog entry recently on this very topic that others might find helpful:
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http://blog.screen-scraper.com/2007/03/01/how-to-
My biggest recommendation would be to consider commercial VPN solutions, such as:
https://www.relakks.com/?lang=eng
http://www.strongvpn.com/
screen-scraper (http://www.screen-scraper.com/) runs fabulously on Linux, and integrates well with most modern programming languages. It can save all kinds of time over writing Perl and Python scripts. There's a free (as in beer) version available, and a pro version if more features are wanted.
It's a commercial app, but it's saved us skads of time: screen-scraper. It's also a lot less of a "hack".