Simple OSPF Authentication..

From: Victor Cappuccio (cvictor@protokolgroup.com)
Date: Fri Oct 28 2005 - 02:15:27 GMT-3


What is the difference in Security perspective to use?

 ip ospf authentication

 ip ospf authentication-key 1 cisco

or

 ip ospf authentication

 ip ospf authentication-key cisco

?

Thanks

I have it working with 1 key in one side with no key in the other, with no
keys in both sides, and with keys in both sides :S
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R6 Fast0/0.26 ------- Eth0 R2
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R6 Config

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Rack1R6#show run interface fastEthernet 0/0.26

Building configuration...

Current configuration : 157 bytes

!

interface FastEthernet0/0.26

 encapsulation dot1Q 26

 ip address 174.1.26.6 255.255.255.0

 ip ospf authentication

 ip ospf authentication-key 1 cisco

end

Rack1R6#show ip ospf neighbor

Neighbor ID Pri State Dead Time Address Interface

150.1.2.2 1 FULL/DR 00:00:38 174.1.26.2
FastEthernet0/0.26

Rack1R6#

Rack1R6#show ip ospf interface

FastEthernet0/0.26 is up, line protocol is up

  Internet Address 174.1.26.6/24, Area 0

  Process ID 1, Router ID 150.1.6.6, Network Type BROADCAST, Cost: 1

  Transmit Delay is 1 sec, State BDR, Priority 1

  Designated Router (ID) 150.1.2.2, Interface address 174.1.26.2

  Backup Designated router (ID) 150.1.6.6, Interface address 174.1.26.6

  Timer intervals configured, Hello 10, Dead 40, Wait 40, Retransmit 5

    oob-resync timeout 40

    Hello due in 00:00:01

  Index 1/1, flood queue length 0

  Next 0x0(0)/0x0(0)

  Last flood scan length is 1, maximum is 1

  Last flood scan time is 0 msec, maximum is 4 msec

  Neighbor Count is 1, Adjacent neighbor count is 1

    Adjacent with neighbor 150.1.2.2 (Designated Router)

  Suppress hello for 0 neighbor(s)

  Simple password authentication enabled
Rack1R6#

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R2 Config
...

Rack1R2#show ip ospf interface

Ethernet0 is up, line protocol is up

  Internet Address 174.1.26.2/24, Area 0

  Process ID 1, Router ID 150.1.2.2, Network Type BROADCAST, Cost: 10

  Transmit Delay is 1 sec, State DR, Priority 1

  Designated Router (ID) 150.1.2.2, Interface address 174.1.26.2

  Backup Designated router (ID) 150.1.6.6, Interface address 174.1.26.6

  Timer intervals configured, Hello 10, Dead 40, Wait 40, Retransmit 5

    Hello due in 00:00:01

  Index 3/3, flood queue length 0

  Next 0x0(0)/0x0(0)

  Last flood scan length is 2, maximum is 2

  Last flood scan time is 0 msec, maximum is 0 msec

  Neighbor Count is 1, Adjacent neighbor count is 1

    Adjacent with neighbor 150.1.6.6 (Backup Designated Router)

  Suppress hello for 0 neighbor(s)

  Simple password authentication enabled
Loopback0 is up, line protocol is up

  Internet Address 150.1.2.2/24, Area 0

  Process ID 1, Router ID 150.1.2.2, Network Type LOOPBACK, Cost: 1

  Loopback interface is treated as a stub Host

Rack1R2#

Rack1R2#show ip ospf neighbor

Neighbor ID Pri State Dead Time Address Interface

150.1.6.6 1 FULL/BDR 00:00:38 174.1.26.6 Ethernet0

Rack1R2#show run interface ethernet 0

Building configuration...

Current configuration : 122 bytes

!

interface Ethernet0

 ip address 174.1.26.2 255.255.255.0

 ip ospf authentication

 ip ospf authentication-key cisco

end

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Victor Cappuccio
cvictor@protokolgroup.com
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