[c-nsp] cisco download problems

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net]On Behalf Of Justin Shore
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 5:11 PM
> To: Tassos Chatzithomaoglou
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] cisco download problems
> 
> 
> Tassos Chatzithomaoglou wrote:
> > 
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6441/products_data_sheet0900
> aecd806d1fd6.html
> > 
> > "When downloading from Cisco, the Cisco IOS Auto-Upgrade Manager..."
> 
> Ha!  That's pretty damn funny.  There's no chance in hell that I would 
> ever let some canned application apply an IOS update for me, even if I 
> was behind the keyboard watching it work.  They can have my TFTP when 
> they pry it from my cold, dead fingers.  Damn dirty apes.
> 

Absolutely!  I cannot imagine any responsible administrator tftping an
IOS update into a production router flash without either testing it on an
identical backup, or booting the target router via TFTP from the new
image at least once, as a test.

Ted