The big difference between the enable password and the enable secret is the encryption level. The enable password by default is saved in clear text so when looking at the running-configuration of the router you will be able to read the password. It is possible to encrypt this password using the service password-encryption command. The […]
Hashing is very different from encryption even though so many people believe it is an encryption protocol. Yes it does scramble the data, so from that aspect it is an encryption program, but the big difference between hashing and encryption, is that Hashing is mathematically impossible to reverse. Now I’m not the kind of person […]
The concept of encryption can be quite daunting when you first look at it, however the basic concept of encryption is not that hard to understand When I moved into my house, my bathroom door didn’t have a key. The previous owners of the house didn’t know what key was needed for that door […]