Specifications

Process Overview: Routing Protocol Configuration
Configuring OSPF
Matrix E1 Series (1G58x-09 and 1H582-xx) Configuration Guide 13-43
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