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authentication-key
Syntax
authentication-key peer-key;
Hierarchy Level
[edit logical-systems logical-system-name protocols msdp group group-name peer address],[edit logical-systems logical-system-name protocols msdp peer address],[edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols msdp group group-name peer address],[edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols msdp peer address],[edit protocols msdp group group-name peer address],[edit protocols msdp peer address],[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols msdp group group-name peer address],[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols msdp peer address]
Release Information
Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.
Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 12.1 for the QFX Series.
Description
Associate a Message Digest 5 (MD5) signature option authentication key with an MSDP peering session.
Default
If you do not include this statement, the router accepts any valid MSDP messages from the peer address.
Options
peer-key—MD5 authentication key. The peer key can be a text string up to 16 letters and digits long. Strings can include any ASCII characters with the exception of (, ), &, and [. If you include spaces in an MSDP authentication key, enclose all characters in quotation marks (“ ”).
Required Privilege Level
routing—To view this statement in the configuration.
routing-control—To add this statement to the configuration.
