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Enabling Authentication with Plain-Text Passwords (CLI Procedure)

To configure authentication that requires a plain-text password to be included in the transmitted packet, enable simple authentication by performing these steps on all RIP devices in the network:

  1. Navigate to the top of the configuration hierarchy.
  2. Perform the configuration tasks described in Table 1.
  3. If you are finished configuring the router, commit the configuration.

Table 1: Configuring Simple RIP Authentication

Task

CLI Configuration Editor

Navigate to Rip level in the configuration hierarchy.

From the [edit] hierarchy level, enter

edit protocols rip

Set the authentication type to simple.

Set the authentication type to simple:

set authentication-type simple

Set the authentication key to a simple-text password.

The password can be from 1 through 16 contiguous characters long and can include any ASCII strings.

Set the authentication key to a simple-text password:

set authentication-key password

 

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Published: 2013-04-01

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