What's in a Name

I haven't explained the blog name yet so here it goes.

If you've ever configured Cisco devices, you are aware that you can display the configuration using the show command. You can also save this text display and use it to directly configure another device of the same species. It is great with modern day cut and paste technology. This cannot be said of all network devices although more and more companies have been following Cisco's lead.

So what does this have to do with your blog name? Glad you asked. Not all commands that you execute show up in the displayed configuration. Some commands are just 'macros' so to speak that just execute other tasks. One such command is Crypto Key Generate. It generates a cryptology key that is used by the device but since it does not show up in the configuration, you often forget to put it back in during a cut and paste operation and thus the new device does not work correctly until you manually enter the command. Cisco commands, like other operating systems commands, can be abbreviated to uniqueness. Thus the command can be entered as cry key gen.

The abbreviated command was "catchy" like a jingle and just stuck in my head. And since I am a math nut, it seems like a good fit. That's it. If you expected more, I apologize. I like it and I am sticking with it.