Specifications

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ospf set monitor-auth-method

Purpose

You can query the OSPF state using the OSPF-Monitor utility. This utility sends non-

standard OSPF packets that generate a text response from OSPF. By default these requests

are not authenticated. If you specify an authentication key, the incoming requests must

match the specified authentication key.

Format

ospf set monitor-auth-method none|simple|md5

Mode

Configure

Description

This section contains a fuller description of what the command does.

Parameters

authentication-method none|simple|md5

The authentication method used within the area. Specify one of the following:

none Does not use authentication.

simple Uses a simple string (password) up to 16 characters in length for

authentication. If you chose this authentication method, then you should

also specify a key-chain identifier using the key-chain option.

md5 Uses the MD5 algorithm to create a crypto-checksum of an OSPF packet and

an authentication key of up to 16 characters.

Restrictions

None.