RE: OSFP Message Digest Authentication

From: Paglia, John (USPC.PCT.Hopewell) (JPaglia@NA2.US.ML.com)
Date: Tue Nov 12 2002 - 19:00:15 GMT-3


Ya need to do it to both. If ya don't it'll appear as if it is working, but
in reality it will be performing a 'null authentication' which in reality
isn't authenticating at all.

router ospf xxx
area 0 auth message-dig

int s0
ip ospf auth message-dig message-digest-k 1 md5 cisco

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nate Kleven [SMTP:cciemail@intellinet.ws]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 4:35 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: OSFP Message Digest Authentication
>
> Does the interface command "IP OSPF AUTHENTICATION MESSAGE-DIGEST"
> accomplish the same thing as the OSPF router command "AREA O
> AUTHENTICATION
> MESSAGE-DIGEST" ?
>
> I was told to setup authentication between two OSPF neighbors and I did it
> on the interface level rather than under Router OSPF. It seems as though
> it
> is working, and a "sh ip ospf int" show authentication in use.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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