How to view the Shared Secret on a Cisco ASA

July 30, 2026

1 min read

Upgrading or modifying your ASA and need to see the crypto shared secret. Here is the quick and easy way to do that. From the enable prompt.

pei-hq-fw01# more system:running-config

This will print out the whole running configuration, just like a show running-config, but the shared secrets are in plain text.

tunnel-group 66.195.204.14 type ipsec-l2l

tunnel-group 66.195.204.14 ipsec-attributes

pre-shared-key cisco2009

That is all there is to being able to pull the concealed shared secret from an ASA.

Jason Howe, PEI

Dataprise

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How to view the Shared Secret on a Cisco ASA

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