What Is Rancid Network Tools?
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Rancid (Really Awesome New Cisco confIg Differ) is a free open-source network management tool for backing up, monitoring and managing network device configurations. It is written in the scripting language TCL and runs on Linux, Unix and Windows systems. Rancid supports a wide range of network devices including routers, switches, firewalls and wireless access points. It checks the device configurations against its historical database of configurations, and can detect when changes have been made. It also provides an alert if unauthorized changes have been made.