Authentication-Type - Juniper EX9200 Features Manual

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authentication-type

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authentication-type authentication;
[edit interfaces interface-name unit logical-unit-number family inet address address
vrrp-group group-id],
[edit logical-systems logical-system-name interfaces interface-name unit logical-unit-number
family inet address address
Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.
Statement introduced in Junos OS 11.3 for the QFX Series.
Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 14.1x53-D20 for the OCX Series.
Enable Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) IPv4 authentication and specify the
authentication scheme for the VRRP group. If you enable authentication, you must specify
a password by including the
All routers in the VRRP group must use the same authentication scheme and password.
NOTE: When VRRPv3 is enabled, the
authentication-key
—Authentication scheme:
authentication
simple —Use a simple password. The password is included in the transmitted packet,
so this method of authentication is relatively insecure.
—Use the MD5 algorithm to create an encoded checksum of the packet. The
md5
encoded checksum is included in the transmitted packet. The receiving routing platform
uses the authentication key to verify the packet, discarding it if the digest does not
match. This algorithm provides a more secure authentication scheme.
Default: none (no authentication is performed).
interface—To view this statement in the configuration.
interface-control—To add this statement to the configuration.
Configuring VRRP Authentication (IPv4 Only) on page 134
Configuring VRRP Authentication (IPv4 Only)
authentication-key on page 263
version-3 on page 282
vrrp-group group-id]
statement.
authentication-key
authentication-type
statements cannot be configured for any VRRP groups.
and
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