Password Encryption

Password Encryption

The account password-encryption command in all-around agreement approach is acclimated to encrypt passwords in the configuration

and prevents crooked users from examination the countersign in the configuration. Therefore, if addition accomplished appearance run

during a clear-text Telnet session, the agreement analyzer would affectation the password. However, if account password-encryption

is used, the countersign would be encrypted alike during the aforementioned clear-text Telnet session.

Note

Passwords configured above-mentioned to configuring the account password-encryption command will not be encrypted. For the

passwords to be encrypted, they charge be reentered into the agreement afterwards the account password-encryption

command is issued.