Key-String - H3C MSR Series Command Reference Manual

Views
System view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
Parameters
keychain-name: Specifies a keychain name, a case-sensitive string of 1 to 63 characters.
mode: Specifies a time mode.
absolute: Specifies the absolute time mode. In this mode, each time point during a key's lifetime is
the UTC time and is not affected by the system's time zone or daylight saving time.
Usage guidelines
You must specify the time mode when you create a keychain. You cannot change the time mode for
an existing keychain.
The time mode is not required when you enter the view of an existing keychain.
Examples
# Create the keychain abc, specify the absolute time mode for it, and enter keychain view.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] keychain abc mode absolute
[Sysname-keychain-abc]

key-string

Use key-string to configure a key string for a key.
Use undo key-string to restore the default.
Syntax
key-string { cipher | plain } string
undo key-string
Default
No key string is configured for a key.
Views
Key view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
Parameters
cipher: Specifies a key in encrypted form.
plain: Specifies a key in plaintext form. For security purposes, the key specified in plaintext form will
be stored in encrypted form.
string: Specifies the key. Its plaintext form is a case-sensitive string of 1 to 255 characters. Its
encrypted form is a case-sensitive string of 33 o 373 characters.
Usage guidelines
If the length of a plaintext key exceeds the length limit supported by an application, the application
uses the supported length of the key to authenticate packets.
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