BSR 2000 Command Reference Guide

Release 1.0

 

 

area authentication

Use the area authentication command to enable authentication for an OSPF area to Type 1, Type 2, simple password, as specified in RFC 1247, while specification of Type 0 is assumed. Authentication type must match all routers and access servers in a particular area. The no authentication command disables authentication for the specified OSPF area.

Note: Ensure that the ip ospf authentication-keycommand is used to specify a password, which must be the same for all OSPF routers on a network, for communication to take place before the area authentication command is issued. If area authentication is enabled with MD5 authentication message-digest keyword, which is a type of password that must be configured using the ip ospf message-digest-keycommand.

Group Access

ISP

Command Mode

Router Configuration

Command Line Usage

area {<0-4294967295> <A.B.C.D>} authentication [message-digest]no area {<0-4294967295> <A.B.C.D>} authentication [message-digest]no area {<0-4294967295> <A.B.C.D>}

Command Syntax

0-4294967295

OSPF area ID number in decimal format.

A.B.C.D

OSPF area ID in IP address format

message-digest

Enables MD5 authentication only on the area

 

specified by the area ID or IP address.

Command Default

No authentication

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