Command Reference Guide

20 ● authentication-method 3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family
Command Reference
authentication-method
Purpose Use the authentication-method command to select the authentication method
used by an IKE proposal.
Use the undo authentication-method command to restore the authentication
method used by an IKE proposal to the default.
Syntax authentication-method { pre-share | rsa-signature }
undo authentication-method
Parameters pre-share
Specifies the pre-shared key authentication as the
Internet Key Exchange (IKE) proposal authentication
method.
rsa-signature
specifies to authenticate through PKI digital signature.
Default By default, the authentication method used by an IKE proposal is pre-shared key
authentication.
Example Specify pre-shared key authentication as the authentication method for IKE proposal
10.
[3Com] ike proposal 10
[3Com-ike-proposal-10] authentication-method pre-sharepurpose_body
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ IKE Proposal view
Description You can specify an authentication method for an IKE policy. So far, two methods are
available: pre-shared key and PKI (rsa-signature).
Authentication key must be configured to adopt the pre-shared key authentication
method.
For more information on configuring PKI, refer to “PKI Configuration” in this manual.
Related Commands ■ ike pre-shared-key
■ ike proposal
■ display ike proposal
■ pki domain
■ pki entity