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Enabling Auto Update Support
lists the progress the client is making as it interacts with the PIX Firewall. The Username column lists
the login username that has been authenticated for the session. The “pix” username appears when
non-AAA authentication is used.
Enabling Auto Update Support
Auto Update is a protocol specification introduced with PIX Firewall Version 6.2. This section describes
how to enable support for this specification on a PIX
Firewall and includes the following topics:
• Overview, page 9-25
• Identifying the Auto Update Server, page 9-25
• Managing Auto Update Support, page 9-26
• Viewing the Auto Update Configuration, page 9-26
Overview
Auto Update is a protocol specification supported by PIX Firewall Version 6.2 or higher. This
specification lets the PIX
Firewall download configurations, software images, and perform basic
monitoring from an Auto Update Server (AUS) in a centralized location. The PIX
Firewall can
periodically poll the AUS for updates, and the AUS directs the PIX
Firewall to send an immediate
polling request at any time. Communication between the AUS and the PIX
Firewall requires a
communications path and local CLI configuration on each PIX
Firewall.
Identifying the Auto Update Server
To specify the URL of the AUS, use the following command:
[no] auto-update server url [verify-certificate]
Only one server can be configured. Replace url with a URL using the following syntax:
[http[s]://][user:password@]location[:port]/pathname
SSL will be used when https is specified. The user and password segment is used for Basic
Authentication when logging in to the server. The user and password are replaced with ‘********’ when
the configuration is viewed with either the write terminal, show configuration or show tech-support
commands.
Replace location with the address of the server. The port segment specifies the port to contact on the
server. The default is 80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS. The pathname segment is the name of the
resource.
The verify-certificate option specifies that the certificate returned by the server should be verified.
The no auto-update server command disables polling for updates by terminating the Auto Update
daemon running on the PIX
Firewall.
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