SMC Networks SMC6724L3 manual Ip ospf authentication, 263

IP ROUTING COMMANDS

ip ospf authentication

Use this command to specify the authentication type used for an interface. Enter this command without any optional parameters to specify plain text (or simple password) authentication. Use the no form to restore the default of no authentication.

Syntax

ip ospf authentication [message-digest null] no ip ospf authentication

•message-digest- Specifies message-digest (MD5) authentication.

•null - Indicates that no authentication is used.

Command Mode

Interface Configuration (VLAN)

Default Setting

No authentication

Command Usage

•Before specifying plain-text password authentication for an interface, configure a password with the ip ospf authentication-keycommand. Before specifying MD5 authentication for an interface, configure the message-digest key-id and key with the ip ospf message-digest-keycommand.

•The plain-text authentication-key, or the MD5 key-id and key, must be used consistently throughout the autonomous system.

Example

This example enables message-digest authentication for the specified interface.

Console(config)#interface vlan 1

Console(config-if)#ip ospf authentication message-digest

Console(config-if)#

Related Commands

ip ospf authentication-key(4-264) ip ospf message-digest-key(4-265)

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