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hello-authentication-key
Syntax
Hierarchy Level
Release Information
Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.
Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 9.0 for EX Series switches.
Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 12.1 for the QFX Series.
Description
Configure an authentication key (password) for hello packets. Neighboring routing devices use the password to verify the authenticity of packets sent from an interface. For the key to work, you also must include the hello-authentication-type statement.
Default
By default, hello authentication is not configured on an interface. However, if IS-IS authentication is configured, the hello packets are authenticated using the IS-IS authentication type and password.
Options
password—Authentication password. The password can be up to 255 characters. Characters can include any ASCII strings. If you include spaces, 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.
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- ACX, EX, M, MX, PTX, SRX, T Series, QFabric System, QFX Series standalone switches
- authentication-key
- authentication-type
- ACX, EX, M, MX, PTX, T Series, QFabric System, QFX Series standalone switches
- hello-authentication-type
Published: 2014-07-23
Related Documentation
- ACX, EX, M, MX, PTX, SRX, T Series, QFabric System, QFX Series standalone switches
- authentication-key
- authentication-type
- ACX, EX, M, MX, PTX, T Series, QFabric System, QFX Series standalone switches
- hello-authentication-type