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Method and apparatus for authorizing and reporting changes to device configurations

  • US 6,895,414 B2
  • Filed: 09/12/2001
  • Issued: 05/17/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for authorizing and reporting configuration changes to devices in a network, the method comprising the steps of:

  • accepting a change request specifying a device in the network and a proposed configuration change to the device;

    receiving notification when configuration files for devices in the network have been edited;

    writing configuration files to a version control repository;

    determining the version differences engendered by the editing of the configuration files;

    creating an HTML page visually depicting the version differences; and

    sending an email message with a URL referencing the HTML page, the recipients of the email message determined by consulting a lookup table mapping the names of configuration files to email addresses.

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