Document No. 10-300090, Issue 1 19-13
OSPF
ip ospf authentication-key
Command Mode Interface Configuration.
Description Assign a password to be used by neighboring routers that are using OSPF’s
simple password authentication. To remove a previously assigned OSPF
password, use the no form of this command.
Syntax
Sample Output
The following command assigns the password “abc” as the authentication
key.
(config-if:intf3)# ip ospf authentication-key “abc”
The following command removes the password “abc” as the authentication
key.
(config-if:intf3)# no ip ospf authentication-key
Systems P550R, P580, P880, and P882.
To Enable: ip ospf authentication-key <password>
To Disable: [no] ip ospf authentication-key
Table 19-9. Parameters, Keywords, Arguments
Name Definition
<password> Any continuous string of characters that can be entered from the
keyboard up to 8 bytes in length.
