ip ospf authentication-type (for a VLAN)

Configure the OSPF authentication type for the VLAN. If you choose simple, you must configure the password with the ip ospf authentiation-key WORD<0-8> command. If you choose MD5, you must configure the MD5 key with the ip ospf message-digest-key <1-255> md5 WORD<0-16> command.

Syntax

Command Parameters

message-digest
Configures the authentication-type to message-digest. If you choose MD5, you must configure the MD5 key with the ip ospf message-digest-key <1-255> md5 WORD<0-16> command. Message Digest 5 (MD5) provides standards-based authentication using 128-bit encryption. If you use MD5, each OSPF packet has a message digest appended to it. The digest must match between sending and receiving routers, or the packet is discarded.
none
Configures the authentication-type to none.
sha-1
Configures the authentication-type to secure hash algorithm 1 (SHA-1). SHA-1 provides standards-based authentication using 128-bit encryption.
sha-2
sha-2—Specifies SHA-2, which offers the hash function SHA-256.
Note

Note

The command parameter sha-2, an update of SHA-1, can offer six hash functions that include SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, SHA-512/224,SHA 512/256, with hash values that are 224, 256, 384, or 512 bits. However, the current release supports only SHA-256.

simple
Configures the authentication-type to simple, which is a simple-text password. Only routers that contain the same authentication ID in their LSA can communicate with each other. Using a simple-text password is not a best practice for security. If you choose simple, you must configure the password with the ip ospf authentiation-key WORD<0-8> command.

Default

None

Command Mode

VLAN Interface Configuration

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