[c-nsp] Automated configuration backups

[Phil Mayers]

Dave Temkin wrote:
> You can do public/private key authentication with a crypto image I believe
> which would avoid the need to do user authentication.

In fact that is not the case:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk583/tk617/technologies_q_and_a_item09186a0080267e0f.shtml#qa6

Q. Does Cisco IOS support SSH authentication with digital certificates?

     A. Cisco IOS does not support SSH authentication with digital 
certificates.

Which is, frankly, pathetic.