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Cisco ASA Password recovery

Perhaps you’ve forgotten the password to your firewall? This post will answer the question: How do I restore the password on a Cisco ASA?

Password Recovery

To recover passwords, perform the following steps:

Console into the ASA.

Reboot the ASA

Press the escape key during reboot to enter ROMMON.

Tell the firewall to ignore the startup config on next reload:
rommon #1> confreg

The following will be displayed:

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