Cisco Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0(18)S
Enhanced Password Security - Phase I
Monitoring and Maintaining Enhanced Password Security
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Cisco IOS Release 12.0(18)S
Monitoring and Maintaining Enhanced Password Security
Use the following command to monitor and maintain Enhanced Password Security.
Configuration Examples
This section provides the following configuration example:
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Configuring MD5 Encryption on a Clear Text Password Example
The following example configures username “abc” with the MD5 encrypted password “xyz”. Output
from the show running-config confirms that the MD5 encrypted password has been configured. Note
that the password itself is not displayed.
from the show running-config confirms that the MD5 encrypted password has been configured. Note
that the password itself is not displayed.
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# username abc secret 0 xyz
Router(config)# exit
Router# show running-config
!
version 12.0
no service single-slot-reload-enable
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
no service password-encryption
!
hostname CE
!
logging rate-limit console 10 except errors
no logging console
enable secret 0 $1$53Ew$Dp8.E4JGpg7rKxQa49BF9/
!
username abc secret 5 $1$fBYK$rH5/OChyx/
!--Note that password ‘xyz’ is not displayed.
ip subnet-zero
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Command
Purpose
Router# show running-config
Enter the show running-config command to verify
that MD5 password encryption has been enabled.
If the “
that MD5 password encryption has been enabled.
If the “
username name secret 5
” line appears in
the command output, the Enhanced Password
Security feature is enabled.
Security feature is enabled.