
OSPF Commands
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Introduction
This chapter provides an alphabetical reference for each of the OSPF Commands.
area authentication
Use this command to enable authentication for an OSPF area. By default, no authentication
occurs.
Specifying the area authentication sets the authentication to Type 1 authentication or the
Simple Text password authentication (details in RFC 2328). All OSPF packets transmitted in
this
area
must have the same password in their OSPF header. This ensures that only routers
that have the correct password may join the routing domain.
Give all routers that are to communicate with each other through OSPF the same
authentication password.
Use the
ip ospf authentication-key
command to specify a Simple Text password. Use the
ip ospf message-digest-key
command to specify MD5 password.
The
no
form removes the authentication specification for an area.
Syntax
area <area_id> authentication [message-digest]
no area <area_id> authentication
Mode
Router mode
Examples
awplus#
configure terminal
awplus(config)#
router ospf 100
awplus(config-router)#
area 1 authentication
Related Commands
ip ospf authentication
ip ospf message-digest-key
Parameter
Description
<area_id>
The OSPF area that you are enabling authentication for. Use one of the
following formats:
A.B.C.D
OSPF Area ID in IPv4 address format.
<0-4294967295>
OSPF Area ID as 4 octets unsigned integer value.
message-digest
Enables MD5 authentication in the OSPF area.