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Do you ever wonder why in the world you care about backing up the
activation keys? Its not something that gets lost how many times you
wipe your firewall config. The old key doesn't do you any good on
replacement hardware if your hardware is dead and you need it replaced.
In my mind, its useless information and one should not care about it.<br>
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Don't get me wrong here. The output of "show version" has value here
because it gives a lot of other valuable info. e.g. uptime, last
configuration modification timestamp etc.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Sam<br>
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<pre wrap=""><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces@shrubbery.net">rancid-discuss-bounces@shrubbery.net</a> wrote on 29-01-2008 12:20:15:
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<pre wrap=""> Looking through the code, I can see, that there are something
listed with activations keys ? but these are not listed as comments
in my PIX/ASA configuration dumps?
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Using which version of rancid? Which PIX version?
On PIX 6.3:
!RANCID-CONTENT-TYPE: cisco
!This PIX has an Unrestricted (UR) license.
!Key: 0xaaaaaaaa 0xaaaaaaaa 0xaaaaaaaa 0xaaaaaaaa
Rancid parses the information from the command "show version". Is the
activation code listed as "Activation Key: 0xaaaaaaaa 0xaaaaaaaa
0xaaaaaaaa 0xaaaaaaaa" when issuing "show version" on your
platform/software version?
Regards,
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