

IOS type 5 passwords (MD5 using 1000 rounds) is more complex, and harder to crack, but yous still shouldn't paste your hashes for everyone to see.

People can just use simple tools such as Cain and Abel, or Solarwinds Router Password Decryption to reverse the crypto on type 7 passwords. This also permits for cryptanalysis attacks using rainbow tables to speed up the process.Įnable password RLPMUQ26KL4blgFN encryptedĪlso, note that MD5 has know weaknesses in the algorithm, that may allow for more complex password cracking attacks.Īlso, if you're using a " type 7" password, that's pretty much useless, since it can get cracked instantly.

Number one reason you shouldn't paste your Cisco configs or password hashes on the Internet:Ĭisco's PIX password encryption is a base64 encoded MD5 hashsum, using only one MD5 update (no salting or anything).
