RIP Security
Configuring RIP
page 19-18
OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Network Configuration Guide
June 2013
RIP Security
By default, there is no authentication used for a RIP. However, you can configure a password for a RIP
interface. To configure a password, you must first select the authentication type (simple or MD5), and then
configure a password.
Configuring Authentication Type
If simple or MD5 password authentication is used, both switches on either end of a link must share the
same password. Use the
command to configure the authentication type. Enter
the name of the RIP interface, and then enter an authentication type:
•
none.
No authentication is used.
•
simple.
Simple password authentication is used.
•
md5.
MD5 authentication is used.
For example, to configure the RIP interface rip-1 for simple authentication you would enter:
-> ip rip interface rip-1 auth-type simple
To configure the RIP interface rip-1 for MD5 authentication you would enter:
-> ip rip interface rip-1 md5 auth-type md5
Configuring Passwords
If you configure simple or MD5 authentication you must configure a text string that is used as the
password for the RIP interface. If a password is used, all switches that are intended to communicate with
each other must share the same password.
After configuring the interface for simple authentication as described above, configure the password for
the interface by using the
command. Enter the IP address of the RIP interface,
and then enter a 16-byte text string. For example to configure a password “nms” you would enter:
-> ip rip interface rip-1 auth-key nms