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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 routing device 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.
