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Cisco ONS 15600 Reference Manual, R7.2
Chapter 5 Security
5.4.2 Shared Secrets
The stronger your shared secret, the mo re 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(.
Table 5-4 Shared Secret Character Groups
Group Examples
Letters (uppercase and lowercase) A, B, C, D and a, b, c, d
Numerals 0, 1, 2, 3
Symbols (all characters not defined as letters or
numerals)
Exclamation point (!), asterisk (*), colon (:)