Password Retrieval.

[pdulfo]

We use the Cisco VPN software client. Unfortuantely documentionm has been confused and the password we have to gain access does not appear to be correct. Is there any way of decripting the password that is held in the pcf file.




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PDulfo aka pdiddy

 

[mbilgrav]

not from the pcf file, but if the headend is a PIX serving the vpn-clients, you can put in tftp-server statement and do a write net, the resulting config file holds the vpnd group password, which hopefully is the same as in the clients.
To keep your users from tampering with VPN client grouppasswords and other settings, you may consider to put in a leading questionmark "!" (without "") in the PCF file - this will result in the line is grayed out in the VPN Dialer software.
Very usefully to mitigate users tampering-fingers syndrome
8)
HTH
Martin

 

[pdulfo]

Manth thanks mbilgrav I will give this a try


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PDulfo aka pdiddy

 

[pdulfo]

mbilgrav JUst re-read your post. I forgot to mention that the headend is a 3000 concentrator.




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PDulfo aka pdiddy

 

[mbilgrav]

Then you have no way of retrieving the grouppassword.
It is encrypted both in PCF and in VPN3000 config.