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OS for EX Series Ethernet Switches, Release 10.3
authentication-key key-number type type value password;
[edit system ntp]
Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.
Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 9.0 for EX Series switches.
Configure Network Time Protocol (NTP) authentication keys so that the router or switch
can send authenticated packets. If you configure the router or switch to operate in
authenticated mode, you must configure a key.
Both the keys and the authentication scheme (MD5) must be identical between a set of
peers sharing the same key number.
—Positive integer that identifies the key.
key-number
type type —Authentication type. It can only be
—The key itself, which can be from 1 through 8 ASCII characters. If the
value password
key contains spaces, enclose it in quotation marks.
system—To view this statement in the configuration.
system-control—To add this statement to the configuration.
Configuring NTP Authentication Keys
broadcast on page 201
peer on page 222
server on page 225
trusted-key on page 228
md5 .
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