A network administrator needs to secure privileged EXEC mode on a Cisco IOS switch. Which command should be used to store the password in the configuration file using a strong, non-reversible hashing algorithm?
enable secret <password>
enable password <password>
line console 0 followed by password <password>
service password-encryption
The correct answer is the enable secret command. This command stores the privileged EXEC mode password in the configuration file as a salted MD5 hash (Type 5), which is a strong, non-reversible hashing algorithm. The enable password command is less secure because it stores the password in plain text by default. The service password-encryption command applies a weak, reversible encryption (Type 7) to otherwise plaintext passwords, but it does not provide the same level of security as enable secret. The line console 0 and password commands are used to set the console line password, not the privileged EXEC mode password.
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