[c-nsp] FTP seems to work

Nick Hilliard nick at inex.ie
Fri Sep 25 12:59:56 EDT 2009


On 25/09/2009 17:36, Jason Gurtz wrote:
> I was about to write a little perl to further address the recent outcry
> over the cisco.com Java misfeatures when lo, I discovered
> ftp://download-sj.cisco.com will accept my cco login id/pass.  I poked
> around and discovered /cisco/ios and /cisco/ciscosecure/pix seemed to have
> what I'd be looking for.
>
> Is this new or just a secret DL feature?

not at all.  This is ftp.cisco.com - the original download area which was 
available before http even existed.

> pixiedust:/home/nick> host ftp.cisco.com |grep address
> ftp.cisco.com has address 198.133.219.241
> pixiedust:/home/nick> host download-sj.cisco.com | grep address
> download-sj.cisco.com has address 198.133.219.241

You won't find crypto images there, but it has lots of other stuff, and is 
massively easier to negotiate than the web site.

Nick



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