Cisco Cisco ASR 5000
Global Configuration Mode Commands (A-K)
▀ cli-encrypt-algorithm
▄ Command Line Interface Reference, StarOS Release 18
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cli-encrypt-algorithm
Specifies the type of encryption algorithm to be used for passwords and secrets.
Product
All
Privilege
Security Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration
configure
Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]host_name(config)#
Syntax
cli-encrypt-algorithm { A | B }
default cli-encrypt-algorithm
default
Resets the encryption algorithm to “A”.
A
Specifies MD5-based cipher encryption algorithm. This is the default. Passwords encrypted with this key will
have “+A” prefixes in the configuration file.
have “+A” prefixes in the configuration file.
B
Specifies the AES-CBC-128 cipher algorithm for encryption and the HMAC-SHA1 cipher algorithm for
authentication. Passwords encrypted with this key will have “+B” prefixes in the configuration file.
authentication. Passwords encrypted with this key will have “+B” prefixes in the configuration file.
Usage
Use this command to specify the types of cipher algorithm(s) to be used as encryption and authentication
keys for passwords.
The encryption key protects the confidentiality of passwords, while the authentication key protects their
integrity.
keys for passwords.
The encryption key protects the confidentiality of passwords, while the authentication key protects their
integrity.
Example
The following command sets the encryption key to
B
:
cli-encrypt-algorithm B