Cisco IOS-XE Password Encryption

There is a new model to enable enhanced password encryption on Cisco devices.

You may see a new notification that “type 0 passwords will soon be deprecated”.

This is a soft error currently, but essentially you need to enable AES password encryption:

key config-key password-encrypt STRONGPASSWORDHERE
password encryption aes

After this command is entered, the type 0 password warning will go away.

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Consolidated Notes From the Desk of Sean Davis.


Enable IOS-XE AES Password Encryption

By Sean, 2022-01-18