Password Recovery Tool
Heads up
The interactive password-recovery tool that previously ran on this page is no longer operational — the backend server it relied on (bacb.com.au) has been retired, and the tool never worked on RouterOS v6.13+ anyway due to encryption changes. The information below is kept for reference, and any links it previously pointed to are preserved further down.
Note: It appears this script will no longer function on RouterOS v6.13 and above due to changes in the encryption system used (and the ability to define a password per backup).
This tool allows the retrieval of passwords from a MikroTik “.backup” file.
Note: Some newer RouterOS versions will display users such as “user-led” and “default”; these system users are not accessible via api/ftp/telnet/ssh/winbox.
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Preserved links
These URLs were referenced by the original tool and are kept here so existing inbound links and bookmarks still resolve. They are no longer functional.