Statement introduced in JUNOS Release 7.4.
Statement introduced in JUNOS Release 9.0 for EX Series switches.
Configure the authentication algorithm for plain-text passwords.
For JUNOS Software, the default encryption format is md5. For JUNOS-FIPS software, the default encryption format is sha1.
The hash algorithm that authenticates the password can be one of three algorithms:
system—To view this statement in the configuration.
system-control—To add this statement to the configuration.
