Re: Upgrade Pix Software

[Joe Dauncey <toothbrushhead () yahoo com>]

Nuno,

If the PIX is anything like the routers then you don't need to set the
machine up as a TFTP server to write back over the network. It's not a
server task but a client task. On the contrary, I think the last thing
you want to do is set a firewall up as a TFTP server !!!

I'd be interested to know if backing up your config to a TFTP server
includes sending a copy of the private key to it ? If not, then how do
you back it up ?

Joe

Nuno Fernandes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> you can setup the tftp-server line on the PIX and just do net write on
> changes and have an up to date config all the time as well.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Adams" <jna () retina net>
> To: "Nuno Fernandes" <nfernandes () real-secure com>
> Cc: <christoph () puetz-colorado com>; <firewall-wizards () nfr net>
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 8:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] Upgrade Pix Software
>
> > On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Nuno Fernandes wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >     It will not wipe your current config.
> >
> > But you really should back it up; I've lost crypto configs when doing PIX
> > upgrades. Also copy down your activation key somewhere, because if you
> > lose that, you can't use the PIX.
> >
> > -john
> >
> > --
> > J. Adams http://www.retina.net/~jna
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> > content. They only want to allocate enough upstream bandwidth for
> > 10,000,000 buy buttons. Producing or sharing information is a subversive
> > act and will not be tolerated. -anonymous coward on /.
>
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