From: Christopher Jarosz (cajarosz@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Dec 21 2001 - 22:50:38 GMT-3
Hi Manny !!
The difference is that with the "simple" authentication-key it is sent in
plain text, where the message-digest encrypts the password with an MD5 hash.
For a more secure authentication, use MD5.....
HTH....
chrisj
----- Original Message -----
From: "Manny Gonzalez" <manny@nyp.org>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 4:33 PM
Subject: OSPF Area Authentication
> I would like to know what the difference is between the following
> two
> OSPF configs:
>
> A.
> router ospf 1
> area 0 authentication message-digest
> interface e0
> ip ospf authentication message-digest
> ip ospf authentication-key cisco
>
> B.
> router ospf 1
> area 0 authentication message-digest
> interface e0
> ip ospf message-digest-key md5 cisco
>
> Which is the right way to do it? Is either of them the same thing?
>
> Thanks...
>
> Manny Gonzalez
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