[rancid] Rollback functionality and potential pitfalls

[shouldbe q931]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:43 PM, heasley <heas at shrubbery.net> wrote:

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> use any char not in the banner.  eg: =


However _any_ character _could_ be in the banner, ASCII art in logon
banners
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ElfhjuMPYwI/UE58pIwnT5I/AAAAAAAAAKw/Lux6mgM-DKw/s1600/banner+motd+2.PNG

As the banner is not important for routing (or switching) packets, I'd
probably go with removing it from the rollback, or adding a "hardcoded"
banner that said that the router config had been rolled back, possibly
including pertinent information such as the date and time that the rollback
had been done etc.
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