Configuring BFD Authentication for PIM

Configuring BFD Authentication Parameters

BFD authentication is only supported in the Canada and United States version of the Junos OS image and is not available in the export version.

1. Specify the algorithm (keyed-md5, keyed-sha-1, meticulous-keyed-md5, meticulous-keyed-sha-1, or simple-password) to use for BFD authentication on a PIM route or routing instance.
   [edit protocols pim]user@host# set interface if3-pim bfd-liveness-detection authentication algorithm keyed-sha-1

   Note: Nonstop active routing (NSR) is not supported with the meticulous-keyed-md5 and meticulous-keyed-sha-1 authentication algorithms. BFD sessions using these algorithms may go down after a switchover.

2. Specify the keychain to be used to associate BFD sessions on the specified PIM route or routing instance with the unique security authentication keychain attributes. The keychain you specify must match the keychain name configured at the [edit security authentication key-chains] hierarchy level.
   [edit protocols pim]user@host# set interface if3-pim bfd-liveness-detection authentication keychain bfd-pim

   Note: The algorithm and keychain must be configured on both ends of the BFD session, and they must match. Any mismatch in configuration prevents the BFD session from being created.

3. Specify the unique security authentication information for BFD sessions:
   • The matching keychain name as specified in Step 2.
   • At least one key, a unique integer between 0 and 63. Creating multiple keys allows multiple clients to use the BFD session.
   • The secret data used to allow access to the session.
   • The time at which the authentication key becomes active, in the format yyyy-mm-dd.hh:mm:ss.
   [edit security]user@host# set authentication-key-chains key-chain bfd-pim key 53 secret “$ABC123/” start-time 2009-06-14.10:00:00
4. (Optional) Specify loose authentication checking if you are transitioning from nonauthenticated sessions to authenticated sessions.
   [edit protocols pim]user@host# set interface if3-pim bfd-liveness-detection authentication loose-check
5. (Optional) View your configuration using the show bfd session detail or show bfd session extensive command.
6. Repeat these steps to configure the other end of the BFD session.

Viewing Authentication Information for BFD Sessions

You can view the existing BFD authentication configuration using the show bfd session detail and show bfd session extensive commands.

The following example shows BFD authentication configured for the if3-pim BGP group. It specifies the keyed SHA-1 authentication algorithm and a keychain name of bfd-pim. The authentication keychain is configured with two keys. Key 1 contains the secret data “$ABC123/” and a start time of June 1, 2009, at 9:46:02 AM PST. Key 2 contains the secret data “$ABC123/” and a start time of June 1, 2009, at 3:29:20 PM PST.

If you commit these updates to your configuration, you see output similar to the following example. In the output for the show bfd session detail command, Authenticate is displayed to indicate that BFD authentication is configured. For more information about the configuration, use the show bfd session extensive command. The output for this command provides the keychain name, the authentication algorithm and mode for each client in the session, and the overall BFD authentication configuration status, keychain name, and authentication algorithm and mode.

user@host# show bfd session detail 

                                                  Detect   Transmit
Address                  State     Interface      Time     Interval  Multiplier
50.0.0.2                 Up        ge-0/1/5.0     0.900     0.300        3   
 Client PIM, TX interval 0.300, RX interval 0.300, Authenticate 
 Session up time 3d 00:34
 Local diagnostic None, remote diagnostic NbrSignal
 Remote state Up, version 1
 Replicated 

user@host# show bfd session extensive    
                                                  Detect   Transmit
Address                  State     Interface      Time     Interval  Multiplier
50.0.0.2                 Up        ge-0/1/5.0     0.900     0.300        3   
 Client PIM, TX interval 0.300, RX interval 0.300, Authenticate   
        keychain bfd-pim, algo keyed-sha-1, mode strict   
 Session up time 00:04:42
 Local diagnostic None, remote diagnostic NbrSignal
 Remote state Up, version 1
 Replicated 
 Min async interval 0.300, min slow interval 1.000
 Adaptive async TX interval 0.300, RX interval 0.300
 Local min TX interval 0.300, minimum RX interval 0.300, multiplier 3
 Remote min TX interval 0.300, min RX interval 0.300, multiplier 3
 Local discriminator 2, remote discriminator 2
 Echo mode disabled/inactive
 Authentication enabled/active, keychain bfd-pim, algo keyed-sha-1, mode strict