[c-nsp] Rancid and commercial config management tools

[A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk]

Hi,

> BTW, what are people's opinions comparing RANCID to Network Authority
> Inventory (formerly known as ZipTie) in the configuration management
> discipline ?

ooh. well, i've only used RANCID to store the configs in nice
CVS control - whereas ZipTie's main claim is the pushing of
configs and updating of IOS firmware via a webby interface, non?

alan