There are multiple methods to manage a device like TELNET, SNMP, NETCONF, REST API,HTTP,HTTPS etc . But I think SSH by far is most standard and robust to method. Unlike telnet SSH uses TCP to initiate the connection between the server and client.Once the three way handshake is done basically three steps occur to exchange… Read More Configuring SSH on Cisco devices
We know that SNMP can be used for many tasks apart from monitoring. One of them is to download configuration from the networking device. For this purpose we use SNMP SET commands to set the required variables on the router and then trigger the download. In this blog I will concentrate on SCP(Secure copy) as… Read More Using SNMP to download running-configuration from Cisco router via SCP
What is Syslog and logging: Syslog is the client server protocol uses port 514 it can be configured to use TCP but basically it uses UDP and transfer logs in clear text.We can define logging as documenting and storing the triggered events in any technological environment. Stored logs can be used for security investigations, troubleshooting… Read More General understanding of Syslog