Specifications

Process Overview: Routing Protocol Configuration
Configuring OSPF
13-44 Matrix E1 Series (1G58x-09 and 1H582-xx) Configuration Guide
13.1.2.12 ip ospf message digest key md5
Use this command to enable or disable OSPF MD5 authentication on an interface. This validates
OSPF MD5 routing updates between neighboring routers.
ip ospf message-digest-key keyid md5 key
Syntax Description
Command Syntax of the “no” Form
The “no” form of this command disables MD5 authentication on an interface:
no ip ospf message-digest-key keyid
Command Type
Router command.
Command Mode
Interface configuration: Matrix>Router(config-if(Vlan <vlan_id>))#
Command Defaults
None.
Example
This example shows how to enable OSPF MD5 authentication on VLAN 1, set the key identifier to
20, and set the password to “passone”:
keyid Specifies the key identifier on the interface where MD5
authentication is enabled. Valid values are integers from 1 to
255.
key Specifies a password for MD5 authentication to be used with
the keyid. Valid values are alphanumeric strings of up to 16
bytes.
Matrix>Router(config)#interface vlan 1
Matrix>Router(config-if(Vlan 1))#ip ospf message-digest-key 20 md5 passone