Enabling Authentication with Plain-Text Passwords (CLI Procedure)

To configure authentication that requires a plain-text password to be included in the transmitted packet, enable simple authentication by performing these steps on all RIP devices in the network:

Navigate to the top of the configuration hierarchy.
Perform the configuration tasks described in Table 3.
If you are finished configuring the router, commit the configuration.

Table 3: Configuring Simple RIP Authentication

Task	CLI Configuration Editor
Navigate to Rip level in the configuration hierarchy.	From the [edit] hierarchy level, enter edit protocols rip
Set the authentication type to simple.	Set the authentication type to simple: set authentication-type simple
Set the authentication key to a simple-text password. The password can be from 1 through 16 contiguous characters long and can include any ASCII strings.	Set the authentication key to a simple-text password: set authentication-key password

Task

CLI Configuration Editor

Navigate to Rip level in the configuration hierarchy.

From the [edit] hierarchy level, enter

edit protocols rip

Set the authentication type to simple.

Set the authentication type to simple:

set authentication-type simple

Set the authentication key to a simple-text password.

The password can be from 1 through 16 contiguous characters long and can include any ASCII strings.

Set the authentication key to a simple-text password:

set authentication-key password

Enabling Authentication with Plain-Text Passwords (CLI Procedure)

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