> At the end of the day, rancid is an automated solution trying to connect to 
> devices that require authentication.  The details need to be stored somewhere 
> on the system that runs rancid, and if they are available to rancid, they are 
> available to anyone who can gain rancid's permissions on that system.  You 
> will probably also want to ensure that you have rancid configured to obscure 
> passwords.

Other options, used in combination with command authorization, are to add
an external password method to cloginrc that retrieves an OTP or password
storage.  Per-device passwords, in a password store, are another.  None of
which really improve the security, IMO.

command authorization is the best improvement.

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