A Commands > area-authentication

area-authentication

Description: 

Enables or disables (suppresses) simple text authentication or HMAC MD5 authentication of IS-IS level 1 CSNP packets or PSNP packets. The no version restores the default behavior, in which authentication of IS-IS level 1 CSNPs and PSNPs is disabled.

Syntax: 

[ no ] area-authentication { csnp | psnp }

• csnp—Enables authentication of IS-IS level 1 complete sequence number PDUs (CSNPs)
• psnp—Enables authentication of IS-IS level 1 partial sequence number PDUs (PSNPs)

Mode(s): 

Router Configuration