Authentication-Key - Juniper JUNOS OS 10.4 - FOR EX REV 1 Manual

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authentication-key

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OS for EX Series Ethernet Switches, Release 10.4
authentication-key key;
[edit logical-systems logical-system-name protocols isislevel level-number],
[edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols
isis level level-number],
[edit protocols isis level level-number],
[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols isis level level-number]
Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.
Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 9.0 for EX Series switches.
Authentication key (password). Neighboring routing devices use the password to verify
the authenticity of packets sent from this interface. For the key to work, you also must
include the authentication-type
All routing devices must use the same password. If you are using the Junos IS-IS software
with another implementation of IS-IS, the other implementation must be configured to
use the same password for the domain, the area, and all interfaces adjacent to the Juniper
Networks routing device.
If you do not include this statement and the
authentication is disabled.
key —Authentication password. The password can be up to 1024 characters long.
Characters can include any ASCII strings. If you include spaces, enclose all characters
in quotation marks (" ").
CAUTION: A simple password for authentication is truncated if it exceeds
254 characters.
routing—To view this statement in the configuration.
routing-control—To add this statement to the configuration.
Configuring IS-IS Authentication
statement.
authentication-type
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statement, IS-IS