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key-string
Use the key-string command to specify the authentication string for a key. Use
the no key-string command to remove the authentication string.
key-string TEXT
no key-string [TEXT ]
Default No key chains are configured.
Command Mode key-chain key configuration
Usage Guideline Routing Information Protocol (RIP) Version 2 uses key chains for authentication.
Each key can have only one key string.
Syntax Description
TEXT The required authentication string sent and received in packets using the routing
protocol being authenticated. The string can consist of 1 to 16 alphanumeric
characters, the first character cannot be a number.