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Automatic pulling of network device configurations

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by slksuk

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Hi,

At the moment I am using cat tools to automate configuration backup of network devices.
Due to a security policy change there is now a need that all devices must have a local certificate and must be able to authenticate the remote system.

As such

Can Cat tools be given a local SSH certificate, and how?

Or can someone recommend a tool that offers similar functionality but also has local certificate functionality and hence would allow each device to run SSH authentication?

Thanks

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by robo_dev

that sounds a little extreme.

CAT tools can support SSH1, SSH 1.5 and SSH2.

SSH2 can use PKI but not x.509, afaik.

Arguably using SSH2 with PKI is more secure that SSH1 with a cert, but I know that sometimes there are rules that don't make sense...

The only source for such as solution would most likely be the hardware vendor, (i.e. Cisco Router and Security Device Manager tool).

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