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Configuring OSPF area authentication
You must configure the same authentication mode and password on all the routers in an area.
To configure OSPF area authentication:
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enter OSPF view.
ospf
[
process-id
|
router-id
router-id
|
vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
] *
N/A
3.
Enter area view.
area
area-id
N/A
4.
Configure area authentication
mode.
•
Configure MD5 authentication:
authentication-mode
{
hmac-md5
|
md5
}
key-id
{
cipher
|
plain
}
password
•
Configure simple authentication:
authentication-mode simple
{
cipher
|
plain
}
password
Use either method.
By default, no
authentication is
configured.
Configuring OSPF interface authentication
You must configure the same authentication mode and password on both the local interface and its peer
interface.
To configure OSPF interface authentication:
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enter interface view.
interface
interface-type interface-number
N/A
3.
Configure interface
authentication mode.
•
Configure simple authentication:
ospf authentication-mode simple
{
cipher
cipher-string
|
plain
plain-string
}
•
Configure MD5 authentication:
ospf authentication-mode
{
hmac-md5
|
md5
}
key-id
{
cipher
cipher-string
|
plain
plain-string
}
Use either method.
By default, no
authentication is
configured.
Adding the interface MTU into DD packets
By default, an OSPF interface adds a value of 0 into the interface MTU field of a DD packet rather than
the actual interface MTU. You can enable an interface to add its MTU into DD packets.
To add the interface MTU into DD packets:
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enter interface view.
interface
interface-type
interface-number
N/A
