From: Erhan Kurt (iekurt@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Mar 20 2002 - 04:38:06 GMT-3
My thoughts:
In OSPF, the interfaces may be in an area, not the
router. The authentication is only on the links
between, not only the interfaces. So it's not
necessary to put authentication on the loopback
interfaces.
Erhan
--- Bob Sinclair <bsin@erols.com> wrote:
> Folk:
>
> What is your thinking regarding the necessity to put
> an authentication key on any loopback interfaces
> that are in areas otherwise authenticated??
>
> My basic thought is that the loopbacks would/should
> not have authentication keys, since they have no
> neighbors. I could of course be all wet here.
>
> The "real world" concern: if one did not put keys
> on loopbacks, could some random person checking out
> your configs claim that "the area is not fully
> authenticated" because the loops have no keys??
>
> Any thoughts appreciated, be kind :|
>
> -Bob
>
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