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On Saturday 05 May 2012 05:32:54 Stroller wrote: |
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> On 5 May 2012, at 03:39, James wrote: |
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> > … |
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> > #copy running-config [http | https] <url> |
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> > |
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> > … |
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> > The I could just issue this command? |
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> The question mark terminating this statement seems dubious. |
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> This appears to be a feature of Cisco routers. |
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> http://stack.nil.com/C1256F0A00429755/html/webupload/ |
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> > copy running-config http://10.10.10.<laptop web server IP> |
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> > |
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> > It should work and it's simple. What would be |
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> > some recommendations as to which minimal web server |
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> > I could run on a laptop (simple and small) to |
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> > just backup various router configs to? |
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> www-servers/lighttpd is famously small and on my system all its |
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> dependencies are already installed. It has a USE=minimal flag you might |
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> also try, for fewer calories. |
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> As a matter of practice I would not leave any webserver running on my |
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> laptop, or even installed, for longer than necessary. I would prefer to |
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> have a home or office webserver to which I could transfer these files and |
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> from which the router can obtain them. Rationally, I have no idea why I |
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> imagine one site to be more secure than the other. |
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> Consider this installation-free alternative: |
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> http://www.google.co.uk/searchq=one+line+python+web+server |
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Other alternatives are boa, thttpd, nginx. |
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You can also run netcat as 'nc -l -p 80 > backup_20120418.cfg' and then run |
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the copy command from the router. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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