Use this command to specify a RIP authentication string for a key. Once configured, this string must be sent and received in RIP packets in order for them to be authenticated.
text | Specifies the authentication string that must be sent and received in RIP packets. The string can contain from 1 to 16 uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters, except that the first character cannot be a number. |
None.
Configuration command, key configuration.
The “no” form of this command removes the authentication string.
This example shows how to create an authentication string called “password” for key 3 in the “md5key” key chain:
System(rw-config)->key chain md5key System(rw-config-keychain)->key 3 System(rw-config-keychain-key)->key-string password