Let’s clear up the confusion once and for all.
passwords are not encrypted ; they are using a salted MD5 algorithm Cisco Community cisco secret 5 password decrypt
That’s not decryption—it’s cracking. And strong passwords (>10 chars, mixed case, symbols) make this practically impossible. Let’s clear up the confusion once and for all
hashcat -m 500 -a 3 ?l?l?l?l?l?l?l?l