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Enable ‘service password-encryption’

Details

When password encryption is enabled, the encrypted form of the passwords is displayed when a more system:running-config command is entered.

Solution

Enable password encryption service to protect sensitive access passwords in the device configuration.
hostname(config)#service password-encryption

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Identification and Authentication.This control applies to the following type of system Cisco.

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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