From: Peter Van Oene (pvo@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sun Aug 19 2001 - 16:47:57 GMT-3
This authentication knob is used to secure ISIS control packets like CSNPs and
PSNPs. It may not be evaluated in cisco's implementation. To secure adjacency
formation, use the interface command "isis password <pwd>"
Pete
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On 8/19/2001 at 12:46 PM Chris Allen wrote:
>Am I missing something here?
>
>I am trying to configure ISIS Area authentication, the scenario is three
>routers connected via point-to-point sub-interfaces... R1 is HUB... R1
>also connects to the backbone area but that is irrelevant for this
>example!!
>
>R5 - R1 - R4
>
>The configs are as follows
>
>R1
>router isis
>net 49.0001.1111.1111.1111.00
>area cisco
>
>R5
>router isis
>net 49.0001.5555.5555.5555.00
>area cisco
>is-type level-1
>
>R4
>router isis
>net 49.0001.4444.4444.4444.00
>is-type level-1
>
>
>I purposefully left out the area password on Router 4 so that I could see
>authentication not working, but it IS working??? I am still forming
>adjacencies and receiving all the routes for area 0001. Should this work?
>
>Chris
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