Discussion
You set the console password, but when you display the configuration, the password doesn't show up; it looks like this:
[output cut]
Line console 0
Exec-timeout 1 44
Password 7098C0BQR
Login
[output cut]
What cause the password to be stored like this?
Answer: B
Correct answer: service password-encryption
service password-encryption applies a weak, reversible cipher - type 7 - to the plaintext passwords held in the configuration, which is why the console password appears as a string of hexadecimal digits. It protects only against a glance over the shoulder: type 7 strings are trivially decoded. The enable secret is different, being an MD5 hash and not reversible at all.
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