The telnet session as a whole, password,communication is not encrypted. It
is very easily sniffed.
How is goes across the wire and how it is stored are two different items.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: Telnet password
> Is the password encrypted? If so, the then what you see in the config is
the
> encrypted password, not the password itself...
>
> Dale
> [=`)
>
> >From: Marshal Schoener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: Marshal Schoener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Telnet password
> >Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 00:06:00 +0800
> >
> >I'm telnetting into a router using a password that I can't find anywhere
> >:-)
> >
> >I look at the running-config, and see 'line vty 0 4'
> >password (password)...
> >login
> >
> >However, this isn't the password that I use to telnet in, and it doesn't
> >work if
> >I try it!!! Can anyone help me to understand this :-)
> >I would like to change the password used to telnet in, but I just can't
> >figure
> >this out...
> >Thanks a million in advance.
> >
> >
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