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enable secret 5 $1$abcdefg$H5E.xZxVqXqXqXqXqXqX/

| Feature | MD5 | Replacement | |---------|-----|-------------| | OSPF auth | message-digest-key ... md5 | hmac-sha-256 | | RIP auth | key chain with MD5 | hmac-sha-256 (RIPng) | | Enable secret | Type 5 ( $1$ ) | Type 9 (scrypt) | | Speed | Very fast | Slower (good against brute-force) | | Security | Broken | Secure (as of 2025) | cisco md5

While MD5 is secure for authentication integrity , modern security standards recommend using stronger algorithms (like SHA-256) where supported for encryption, as MD5 has known collision vulnerabilities. enable secret 5 $1$abcdefg$H5E