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Re: [PEN-TEST] Router Password Recovery
From: Leif Sawyer <lsawyer () GCI COM>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:19:26 -0900
Lonnie Smith [lonnie.smith () VICORP COM] wrote:
Does anyone have any way to do Password recovery on a Cisco router without having to reboot a Cisco 3600 series? I have local access and telnet access. Thanks!
Lonnie -- The only way I know of to perform a password recovery on ANY cisco gear is to perform a reboot at the local console, and interrupt the boot cycle to get into the prom mode.
From there, it's generally a register tweak to allow you to boot
into a mode where the passwords are not used, so you can peek at the configs. Of course, if you're using encrypted passwords, you'll need a cisco password decryptor, and if it's enable secrets, then you're only going to bypass it by entering in a new one... Cisco password recovery: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/474/index.shtml Cisco enable secret recovery: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/smbiz/service/knowledge/general/recover y1.htm
Current thread:
- [PEN-TEST] Router Password Recovery Smith, Lonnie (Jan 30)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Router Password Recovery Bill Pennington (Jan 30)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Router Password Recovery UID Zero (Jan 30)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Router Password Recovery Frank Keeney (Jan 30)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Router Password Recovery Greg (Jan 31)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Router Password Recovery Frank Keeney (Jan 30)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Router Password Recovery Justin Shaffer (Jan 30)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Router Password Recovery Randy Williams (Jan 30)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Router Password Recovery Robert van der Meulen (Jan 30)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Router Password Recovery Randy Williams (Jan 31)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Router Password Recovery Randy Williams (Jan 30)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Router Password Recovery Leif Sawyer (Jan 30)