Maintenance releases, yes. The rest... I'm no legal expert, but it would appear that is frowned upon.... Too many words and I got tired of reading...
http://www.juniper.net/support/eula.html On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 3:18 PM Jack Kramer <[email protected]> wrote: > As far as I know there are no issues on Juniper’s end with obtaining newer > firmwares. All you need is an account on the support site and certification > of US-based status for some of the cryptographic modules. Obviously use of > the firmware is unsupported without an active support contract. > > On Aug 24, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Don Ely <[email protected]> wrote: > > The question isn't typically did you have a problem, the question is > better phrased, is what I am doing legal? I can download some Cisco stuff > anytime I want, doesn't make it legal. I can enable features on my > Junipers without paying for a license too, pretty certain that is not ok > either.... > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 1:30 PM Jack Kramer <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’ve never had an issue downloading firmware for SSG, SRX, and EX series >> products that were out of support. That’s one nice thing about Juniper. >> >> On Aug 24, 2016, at 3:53 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ah, yes. I forgot about firmware and smartnet. It's possible that Juniper >> has a similar policy, but I've also found that it's usually fairly >> inexpensive to bring Juniper under support, where as smartnet is painfully >> expensive. >> >> Kurt >> >> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >> With Cisco, if you don’t have smartnet, you can’t legally get firmware >>> updates. >>> >>> >>> >>> If you look at Curvature’s support policy, it’s all about replacement >>> hardware. >>> >>> >>> >>> I don’t make comment about right/wrong/indifferent. That just has to >>> figure into the company’s plans. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *J- P >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 24, 2016 9:50 AM >>> *To:* NT >>> *Subject:* [NTSysADM] used/refurb/eol >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> >>> >>> I decided to start a new thread as this is no longer a suggestion or >>> recommendation of brands, >>> >>> >>> >>> As I mentioned in a previous thread, I service a company that uses only >>> Cisco (and they have over 1000 centers), however, one thing I noticed is >>> that they NEVER buy new, it is always used. >>> >>> >>> >>> While I cannot mention the name of the company, I can mention the name >>> of where they get the products from >>> >>> https://www.curvature.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> One thing I do like about them is that they offer an alternative to >>> smartnet contract AND they support hardware after EOL >>> >>> https://www.curvature.com/Services >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm just wondering what is the consensus regarding this? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Jean-Paul Natola >>> >>> >>
