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    key-chain (Security)

    Syntax

    keychain key-chain-name {description text-string;key key {algorithm (md5 | hmac-sha-1);options (basic | isis-enhanced);secret secret-data;start-time yyyy-mm-dd.hh:mm:ss;}tolerance seconds;}

    Hierarchy Level

    [edit security authentication-key-chains]

    Release Information

    Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 7.6.

    Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 9.0 for EX Series switches.

    Support for the BFD protocol introduced in Junos OS Release 9.6.

    Support for the BFD protocol introduced in Junos OS Release 9.6 for EX Series switches.

    Support for IS-IS introduced in Junos OS Release 11.2.

    Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 11.3 for the QFX Series.

    Description

    Create the key-chain configuration for the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) routing protocols, the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) protocol, and the Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) protocol.

    Options

    key-chain-name—Authentication keychain name. It can be up to 126 characters. Characters can include any ASCII strings. If you include spaces, enclose all characters in quotation marks (“ ”).

    Required Privilege Level

    admin—To view this statement in the configuration.

    admin-control—To add this statement to the configuration.

    Published: 2013-01-17