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May 7th, 2020 00:00
username password encryption
Hi,
On the N1500 series (running 6.6.0.17) the username (local accounts) passwords are not encrypted (huge security flaw) how do you encrypt them ?
for example if I do a sh run
username "billhooks" password somepassword priviledge 15 encrypted
so it says encrypted but unlike Cisco that actually encrypts the password within a show run command the Dell does not ?
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DELL-Chris H
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May 7th, 2020 12:00
GoKiwi64,
They are encrypted by default and the issue looks like it might be the command used. There are slight differences between them, the two commands are
Console(config)# username billhooks password somepassword privilege 15
and
Console(config)# username billhooks password somepassword privilege 15 encrypted
With the second command, the one likely used, should be used with a hash of the password, not the actual password. Were the first command will actually hash out "somepassword" and store the hash in the running config.
With older Cisco you used to have to enter in Encrypted, or it would store it plain text in running config, where with Dell switches you dont.
Let me know if this helps.