Cisco Live 2013 Insights - Cisco Active Advisor

Tue, 02 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, I went to Cisco Live and survived. It was the social event of the year, but the main focus is learning about the cool, new stuff. One of the booths I visited was a demonstration of Cisco Active Advisor.

This is a cloud-based (BINGO!) application that keeps an eye on the lifecycles of your IOS devices. Using the web interface, you can scan a range of IP addresses from your machine and have your gear automatically added to the service. Once in there, you can see, among other things, the warranty and support contract information for your device. If your contracts is about to expire, it’ll let you know via email. It also tracks any vulnerabilities that may apply and emails you if any are detected. This beats trusting your reseller to send you renewals or watching an RSS feed for PSIRTs and field notices.

Stubby Post - Changing the Prompt on the ASA

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

RichardF commented on an article I wrote last November and mentioned the prompt command in the ASA. I never set aside any time to research it, but I finally took the time today while waiting for a maintenance window.

This is one of those little things in life that make me happy. Since the active ASA always has the same hostname and IP address, I find it hard to keep track of to which firewall I’m actually connected. That “configurtions are no long in sync” message you get when you conf t on the standby firewall really irks me. With the prompt command, I can see which firewall I’m on and in what state it is.

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Cisco Live 2013 Insights - Cisco Active Advisor

Stubby Post - Changing the Prompt on the ASA