How do I decrypt Cisco MD5 passwords?.?
Dear all
i have a cisci router 2800 Series i have configerations also but the problem the password of the router was in ENABLE SECRET 5 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX some thing like that now i want to know the pasword how is it possible
if the password is 7xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx i got it but the version 5 i dont have please tell me the solution
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MD5 was cracked years ago, so that's not a big deal. Using Cain (link below) you can crack it in a few minutes with some rainbow tables. But it'll actually be much quicker to do password recovery on the router. Besides being faster, it's a necessary skill for anyone working with cisco routers.
If you have physical access to the routers and a console cable, follow the link below. You won't recover the password, but instead you'll merely reset it.
Cisco Password Decrypt Type 5
How do I cisco decrypt MD5 Password
Enable Secret 5
you cannot decrypt it.
MD5 is a hashing algorithm, so each pass-phrase/word maps to a particular sequence of characters saved in the passwd file. You need to try all possible combinations (dictionary attack) to come to the answer.
Its uncertain there are in fact more than one answers to the question