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Has anyone used the RAT (router audit tool) from CIS? &nbsp;I am trying to use it and it seems like it's almost working. &nbsp;I've run the ncat_config program to create the local.conf file. &nbsp;It said it was saved at C:\CIS\RAT/etc/config/cisc<wbr />o-pix/loca<wbr />l.conf. &nbsp;When I try and run the RAT, I follow the directions and run C:\Temp&gt;C:\CIS\RAT\bin\rat<wbr /> -r local.conf router-config.txt. &nbsp;The error that I keep getting most often is &quot;Can't open local.conf. &nbsp;No such file or directory at /PerlApp/NCAT/Conf.pm line 330.<br />
I don't understand what this means. &nbsp;Hopefully someone else does.
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Has anyone used the RAT (router audit tool) from CIS?  I am trying to use it and it seems like it's almost working.  I've run the ncat_config program to create the local.conf file.  It said it was saved at C:\CIS\RAT/etc/config/cisco-pix/local.conf.  When I try and run the RAT, I follow the directions and run C:\Temp>C:\CIS\RAT\bin\rat -r local.conf router-config.txt.  The error that I keep getting most often is "Can't open local.conf.  No such file or directory at /PerlApp/NCAT/Conf.pm line 330.
I don't understand what this means.  Hopefully someone else does.

I am having trouble using the Router Audit Tool (RAT) from CIS

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