[j-nsp] Junos feature licensing?

[Richard A Steenbergen]

On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 10:17:34PM -0700, Joe McGuckin wrote:
> So, while perusing around on an M7i, I ran across the "show system
> certificate" command.
> 
> So, now I'm really curious to know what features are restricted or enabled
> by license keys. Do I need to purchase license keys to enable any hardware
> bits in the router that I've already paid for - like the tunnel pic ? Do I
> need to purchase license keys in addition to purchasing hardware like the AS
> PIC?
> 
> I cannot find any information on this subject on the Juniper web site,

I haven't found anyone so far who is favor of Juniper's licensing scheme 
to get more money for things like IPv6 licenses. Like Cisco's GBIC/SFP 
locking, it's probably the kind of thing that will go away if enough 
customers bitch.

> Also, I notice that the certificates expire after 10 years.
> 
> Does that mean that my router becomes a doorstop after Mar 24 03:26:10 2014
> GMT? If so, that's really offensive.
> 
> After all, I still have 10 year old 7500's running somewhere...

But probably not with 10 year old IOS. :)

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