Hi all,
I appreciate this thread is old, but I was doing something similar and thought I could add my approach. Basically, after installing tomato I also installed lighttpd so that the router can also run a mini php server. Having done that I used phpseclib to write a php script (hosted on the router) that connects to tomato via SSH and runs commands. I have it start / stop a VPN connection which means I can use my iPhone to switch on (or off) a VPN session on the router by just visiting the php page. If any of you are interested in this approach let me know and I'll post more details.
Dave
