Re: password-encryption problem

From: Ed Lui (edwlui@gmail.com)
Date: Thu May 19 2005 - 02:20:27 GMT-3


I believe you mean the encrypted password will not be displayed as
plain text just like before it has been encrypted. Lost encrypted
password can be decrypted by some utilities.

On 5/18/05, Shanky <shankyz@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You can't recover a lost encrypted password , that means even if you
> disable the password encryption, the password is not displayed in the
> unencrypted form in the config. But any new passwords that you create
> after no service passord-encryption, will not be encrypted.
>
> Refer here ... http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios123/123cgcr/secur_r/sec_r1g.htm#wp1070450
>
> Tks
>
>
> On 5/19/05, TiuN Hong Leng <hongleng@ms73.hinet.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The initial configuration is:
> >
> > no service password-encryption
> > line vty 0 4
> > password cisco
> >
> >
> > After using "service password-encryption":
> >
> > service password-encryption
> > line vty 0 4
> > password 7 045802150C2E
> >
> >
> > Use "no service password-encryption":
> >
> > no service password-encryption
> > line vty 0 4
> > password 7 045802150C2E
> >
> > The password does no unencrypted!!! Why?
> >
> > Is it a IOS bug?
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> > Regards,
> > Huang-Leng, Chang
> >
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