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Cisco IOS in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
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Cisco IOS in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

by James Boney
August 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
798 pages
31h 12m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

area authentication — router, OSPF

Synopsis

area area-id authentication [message-digest]
no area area-id authentication

Configures

OSPF authentication

Default

No authentication

Description

This command enables simple password authentication for an OSPF network. All routers within the OSPF area must be configured to use the same password. The authentication password is set by the ip ospf authentication-key command.

area-id

The area to which this command applies.

message-digest

Enables MD5 authentication for the area.

Example

The following configuration starts an OSPF process using authentication for area 0. The authentication key is letmein.

! Set the OSPF key on interface serial 0 to letmein
interface serial 0
  ip address 10.100.1.1 255.255.2255.0
  ip ospf authentication-key letmein
!
router ospf 99
  network 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 0
  area 0 authentication
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ISBN: 0596008694Errata