Hey Laz,
Thanks for the response!
I tried again configuring the secret 5 with a username using your instructions, and I can SSH successfully from another device now – not sure what went wrong last time.
I tried the stronger encryption method mentioned by Rene in the article, however the commands don’t exist on the router I’m using, so I assume it requires a newer IOS version.
According to the Cisco document you linked, the secret 5 can be cracked but would take a long time – therefore I assume it’s “good enough” to use in a production environment. Would that be correct?
Also with the secret 5, I noticed we cannot set permissions levels (1-15) like we can with the old passwords. With the secret 5 are these permissions levels obsolete? Do we need to just use the “enable secret” as well to provide full permissions?
Cheers.