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Efficient Networks® Router family	Chapter 4: System Commands
Command Line Interface Guide

system authen

Forces the target router authentication protocol that is used for security negotiation with the remote routers when the local side authentication is set. You should not need to issue this command as the best security possible is provided with the none default. To read about PAP/CHAP, see ”PAP/CHAP Security Authentication” on page 5-20of the Technical Reference Guide.

Mgmt Class

Security (R/W)

Input Format

system authen none pap chap

Parameters

***When the command is entered with no parameters, the current authen- tication override is displayed.

none	The authentication protocol is negotiated, with the minimum best secu-
	rity level as defined for each remote router in the database.
pap	Negotiation begins with PAP (instead of CHAP) for those entries that
	have PAP in the remote database and only when the call is initiated lo-
	cally.
chap	Overrides all the remote database entries with CHAP, that is, only
	CHAP is performed.

Response

This following example illustrates setting the authentication level, then displaying the current setting.

-> system authen chap

-> system authen

Authentication needed CHAP

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