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authentication-key

Syntax



authentication-key peer-key;

Hierarchy Level



[edit logical-systems logical-system-name protocols msdp group group-name peer address],
[edit logical-systems logical-system-name protocols msdp peer address],
[edit protocols msdp group group-name peer address],
[edit protocols msdp peer address],
[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name logical-systems logical-system-name protocols msdp group group-name peer address],
[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name logical-systems logical-system-name protocols msdp peer address],
[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols msdp group group-name peer address],
[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols msdp peer address]

Release Information

Statement introduced before JUNOS Release 7.4.

Description

Associate a Message Digest 5 (MD5) signature option authentication key with an MSDP peering session.

Default

If you do not include this statement, the router accepts any valid MSDP messages from the peer address.

Options

peer-key—MD5 authentication key. The peer key can be a text string up to 16 letters and digits long. Strings can include any ASCII characters with the exception of (, ), &, and [. If you include spaces in an MSDP authentication key, enclose all characters in quotation marks (“ ”).

Usage Guidelines

See Configuring the MSDP Authentication Key.

Required Privilege Level

routing—To view this statement in the configuration.

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

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