Re: [Full-Disclosure] previledge password in cisco routers

[Mister Coffee]

Good point.  "Access recovery" might be a more appropriate description. 
  I had several opportunities to recover access to 3600 series routers 
when their previous admin left without bothering to document Enable for 
us. It's also possible to do remotely - assuming you have remote access 
to the console _and_ a way to remote power cycle the router - but this 
requires a bit of forethought.

Remote console access isn't uncommon (Cisco 2511's, anyone?) but remote 
power control is considerably less common.

Michael Reilly wrote:
Note that password recovery doesn't give you the password.  It lets you 
create a new one which replaces the existing password.  It also deletes 
some  information stored in private nvram.  You don't actually get the 
same configuration after password recovery that you had before.

Note that password recovery can only be done on the serial console port 
- this is the physical access you need.  You can't do it remotely

michael
Mister Coffee wrote:
john morris wrote:
Is there a quick and decent way to obtain the previledge password of a
cisco router my version is as follows
cisco 3640 (R4700) processor

 >
If you have physical access, there is a password recovery method 
that's detailed in Cisco's documentation on the 3600 series.  If it's 
your box, or one you're responsible for (and can thus get someone to 
go on-site and have physical access for you), it's a no-brainer.  If 
it's not your box, then . . .

Cheers,
L4J
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