Authentication Key

The SNTP authentication key specifies the authentication instance to be used by the SNTP client when authenticating with the SNTP server. The SNTP client supports the configuration of up to 32 authentication keys. The authentication key instance ID is a numeric value. Each authentication key instance specifies the authentication type and password. SNTP authentication supports the MD5 authentication algorithm. The password is known to both the SNTP client and server. The password consists of an ASCII string of up to 32 non-white characters or the hexadecimal formatted cypher that was generated from the previously entered ASCII string.

Use the set sntp authentication key command to configure an authentication key instance.

This example shows how to create SNTP authentication key instances 1 - 3:

System(rw)->set sntp authentication key 1 md5 foobaraboof
System(rw)->set sntp authentication key 2 md5 DEADBEAFCAFEBABEDEADBEAFCAFEBAE
System(rw)->set sntp authentication key 3 md5 0123456789012345678901234567890

The SNTP authentication key is associated with an SNTP server using the set sntp server command.

This example shows how to set the server at IP address 10.21.1.100 as an SNTP server and to SNTP authenticate using authentication key instance 1:

System(rw)->set sntp server 10.21.1.100 key 1