about pppoe password

[winstoncheng]

if i was using CLI to do:

ppp chap password <password>

how can i use something i can recognize, and still encrypt it? if i do a "ppp chap password 0 pw", then my password "pw" is open to viewing, but if i do "ppp chat password 5 pw", "pw" wouldn't be acceptable, so how can i use something i can remember and still mask the actual password?

[kerek]

Hi,

If you simply use ppp chap password and turn on the service password-encryption then the password will be crypted (not hashed) with a light algorithm (there are free tools on the Internet for that) and you can restore it but not stored as clear text in the config.

Hope it helps, rate if does,

Krisztian

[winstoncheng]

This would be done by just entering:

password encryption aes

at the config?

And it's one command for the entire router, not just the Dialer0 interface?

[mohammedmahmoud]

hi,

The only 2 accepted values for password encryption (in the display) is 0 (not yet encrypted - default) and 7 (and here you must enter the password in the encrypted form), but note that once you enabled service password-enryption, the password will be encrypted when displayed, even if you've entered it as unencrypted "0".

HTH,

Mohammed Mahmoud.