Securing Cisco Networking Devices

We should set passwords in Cisco networking devices so that non authorized people can't access easily. The followings are the ways to set passwords in Cisco networking devices by CLI.

*** Console Password ***

enable (en)

configure terminal (config t)

line console 0

password console123 (type secured password)

 

*** Enable Password ***

enable (en)

configure terminal (config t)

enable password enable123 (type secured password)

 
 
*** Enable Secret ***

enable (en)

configure terminal (config t)

enable secret secret123 (type secured password)

 

*** VTY Password ***

enable (en)

configure terminal (config t)

line vty 0 15

password vty123 (type secured password)

 

*** To go back enable mode ***

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*** To save configuration ***

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