topic Re: ACS 5.3 Default Backup Password in Network Access Control https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-3-default-backup-password/m-p/2006850#M179671 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for the information. Then my issue is can I restore the backup to any ACS appliance? If so then the encryption is worthless because anybody with an ACS 5.x appliance can just restore my backup to their devices to see my configuration.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:10:55 GMT dsmc 2012-08-16T15:10:55Z ACS 5.3 Default Backup Password https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-3-default-backup-password/m-p/2006848#M179669 <P>When doing a backup on any of the ACS 5.x appliances by default the backup is encrypted with PGP. What password is used for that? Is it configurable?</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 02:26:05 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-3-default-backup-password/m-p/2006848#M179669 dsmc 2019-03-11T02:26:05Z Re: ACS 5.3 Default Backup Password https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-3-default-backup-password/m-p/2006849#M179670 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It is not configurable and that information wasnt made public. However, when you restore it should be able to decrypt it just fine.</P><P></P><P>You can try opening a TAC case but when I was in TAC wasnt able to find that key either.</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P></P><P>Tarik Admani <BR />*Please rate helpful posts*</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:07:51 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-3-default-backup-password/m-p/2006849#M179670 Tarik Admani 2012-08-16T15:07:51Z Re: ACS 5.3 Default Backup Password https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-3-default-backup-password/m-p/2006850#M179671 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for the information. Then my issue is can I restore the backup to any ACS appliance? If so then the encryption is worthless because anybody with an ACS 5.x appliance can just restore my backup to their devices to see my configuration.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:10:55 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-3-default-backup-password/m-p/2006850#M179671 dsmc 2012-08-16T15:10:55Z ACS 5.3 Default Backup Password https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-3-default-backup-password/m-p/2006851#M179672 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes you can restore you backup on any acs appliance. The mindset behind this was to make it a little trivial in order to view the data, but your point is valid.</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P></P><P>Tarik Admani <BR />*Please rate helpful posts*</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:18:26 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-3-default-backup-password/m-p/2006851#M179672 Tarik Admani 2012-08-16T15:18:26Z