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color:#1F497D'> The reason for my question is that I just had an ASA5505, which
(for some weird reason) corrupted the flash drive, so I had to
reformat/initialize it. When booting the device, the activation key was
zeroized… Not a problem for the specific device, since it is a 10-user without
any additional features… But it would have been disappointing, if it had been
an unlimited users version, maybe with the software that also allows trunking
etc (since there’s a cost for the software license)..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
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"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US
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Sam Munzani [mailto:smunzani@comcast.net] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 29. januar 2008 18:13<br>
<b>To:</b> Regnar Bang Lyngsų<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Brian Ipsen; rancid-discuss-bounces@shrubbery.net;
rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [rancid] Re: Cisco PIX / ASA Activation key ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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><a href="mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces@shrubbery.net">rancid-discuss-bounces@shrubbery.net</a> wrote on 29-01-2008 12:20:15:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre> Looking through the code, I can see, that there are something <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>listed with activations keys ? but these are not listed as comments <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>in my PIX/ASA configuration dumps? <o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Using which version of rancid? Which PIX version?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>On PIX 6.3:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>!RANCID-CONTENT-TYPE: cisco<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>!This PIX has an Unrestricted (UR) license.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>!Key: 0xaaaaaaaa 0xaaaaaaaa 0xaaaaaaaa 0xaaaaaaaa <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Rancid parses the information from the command "show version". Is the <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>activation code listed as "Activation Key: 0xaaaaaaaa 0xaaaaaaaa <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>0xaaaaaaaa 0xaaaaaaaa" when issuing "show version" on your <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>platform/software version?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Regards,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
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