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Subject: Re: ACL management
From: Chris Stone <cstone @ axint . net>
Organization: AxisInternet, Inc.
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 19:11:11 -0600
To: network-automation @ greatcircle . com
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On Friday 08 April 2005 04:43 pm, Eli Dart wrote:
> Alan Young wrote:
> > What products out there can I use to automate/simplify ACL management?
>
> For IOS-like boxes, we've found that a tftp server works very well.
>  You edit the command file (which contains the set of commands to
> install the acl) on the tftp server (where you have version control,
> etc) and then pull it into the router via tftp when you're done
> editing it.
>
> If you have to push a given list out to many routers, I could
> envision a perl Net::Telnet script to install an acl bound to a
> given interface in a given direction.  You could also put together a
> make infrastructure that created the acls and then your perl script
> would only pull them down to the appropriate router.  I've not had
> the need to build such a beast, but it feels fairly straightforward.

There is an open source project on SourceForge called the Cisco-centril Open 
Source Initiative that has a bunch of scripts for dealing with cisco routers 
and switches, include ACL management. Recommend a look:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/cosi-nms/


Chris Stone, MCSE
AxisInternet, Inc.
www.axint.net
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