Securing control messages

Configure Message Digest (MD) 5 authentication to secure control messages on the TCP connection between MSDP peers.

Procedure

  1. Enter either Global Configuration mode or VRF Router Configuration mode for a specific VRF context:

    enable

    configure terminal

    Optional: router vrf WORD<1-16>

  2. Enable MD5 authentication:

    ip msdp md5-authentication {A.B.C.D} [enable]

  3. Specify the case sensitive password for MD5 authentication:

    ip msdp password peer {A.B.C.D} WORD<1-80>

Example

Switch:1>enable
Switch:1#configure terminal
Switch:1(config)#ip msdp md5–authentication 21.0.0.2 enable
Switch:1(config)#ip msdp password peer 21.0.0.2 helloworld

Variable definitions

The following table defines parameters for the ip msdp command.

Variable

Value

{A.B.C.D}

Specifies the MSDP peer IP address.

WORD<1-80>

Specifies the MD5 authentication password.