[c-nsp] Feedback on upcoming removal of FTP access to secured software

[Jared Mauch]

On Sep 15, 2010, at 4:32 PM, Asbjorn Hojmark - Lists wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:13:35 +0100, you wrote:
> 
>> It's also looks like Cisco may be vaguely moving in the direction of
>> locking CCO accounts down to be able to access only software downloads
>> for which there are active smartnet contracts.
> 
> Active service contracts, yes that's what they're doing. (They have
> informed us partners). It doesn't have to be SMARTnet contracts,
> though.

My favorite errors are when downloading software updates for EVAL gear it warns me that I'm a software thief.  While I don't dispute that this happens, it's frustrating that the process is going further down this path, it's going to make me grumpier as I deal with them as a vendor.

- Jared