topic Re: IPS Password Encryption in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ips-password-encryption/m-p/950198#M79900 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>When I do a 'show configuration' from CLI or 'copy current-config ftp:' it shows the user-profile and auto update passwords in clear text. Do I have to enable something to encrypt or even mask out the passwords? We need this for configuration backup/management.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 30 May 2008 15:05:31 GMT lbhoang 2008-05-30T15:05:31Z IPS Password Encryption https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ips-password-encryption/m-p/950196#M79890 <P>Does 6.0(4)E1 support password encryption such as for user-profiles and auto update accounts? I don't see it referenced in the documentation but just wanted to confirm. I feel this is a must have feature for a security device. Thank you in advance.</P> Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:07:53 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ips-password-encryption/m-p/950196#M79890 lbhoang 2019-03-10T11:07:53Z Re: IPS Password Encryption https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ips-password-encryption/m-p/950197#M79895 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes, sensitive config items such as network access user-profile passwords and host auto update passwords are encrypted by the sensor. </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 29 May 2008 20:15:54 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ips-password-encryption/m-p/950197#M79895 stleary 2008-05-29T20:15:54Z Re: IPS Password Encryption https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ips-password-encryption/m-p/950198#M79900 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>When I do a 'show configuration' from CLI or 'copy current-config ftp:' it shows the user-profile and auto update passwords in clear text. Do I have to enable something to encrypt or even mask out the passwords? We need this for configuration backup/management.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 30 May 2008 15:05:31 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ips-password-encryption/m-p/950198#M79900 lbhoang 2008-05-30T15:05:31Z