Cisco ONS 15600 Manual page 9

Chapter 5 Security
Table 5-4
Group
Letters (uppercase and lowercase)
Numerals
Symbols (all characters not defined as letters or
numerals)
The stronger your shared secret, the more secure are the attributes (for example, those used for
passwords and encryption keys) that are encrypted with it. An example of a strong shared secret is
8d#>9fq4bV)H7%a3-zE13sW$hIa32M#m<PqAa72(.
Shared Secret Character Groups
Examples
A, B, C, D and a, b, c, d
0, 1, 2, 3
Exclamation point (!), asterisk (*), colon (:)
Cisco ONS 15600 Reference Manual, R7.0
5.4.2 Shared Secrets
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