Command Manual – Routing Protocol
Quidway S3900 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 2 RIP Configuration Commands
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password: Simple text authentication key, containing 1 to 16 characters.
md5: Specifies to use MD5 cipher text authentication mode.
rfc2453: Specifies that MD5 cipher text authentication packets will use a packet format
(IETF standard) stipulated by RFC2453.
rfc2082: Specifies that MD5 cipher text authentication packets will use a packet format
stipulated by RFC2082.
key-string: MD5 cipher text authentication key. If it is input in a plain text form, MD5 key
is a character string not exceeding 16 characters. And it will be displayed in a cipher
text form in a length of 24 characters when you use the display current-configuration
command. You can also input the MD5 key in a cipher text form with a length of 24
characters.
key-id: MD5 cipher text authentication identifier, ranging from 1 to 255.
Description
Use the rip authentication-mode command to configure RIP-2 authentication mode
and its parameters.
Use the undo rip authentication-mode command to cancel all authentication.
Only one authentication key is supported each time authentication is performed. An
authentication key newly input overwrites an old one.
Related command: rip version.
Example
# Specify the interface Vlan-interface 10 to use the simple authentication with the
authentication key of aaa.
<Quidway> system-view
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.
[Quidway] interface Vlan-interface 10
[Quidway-Vlan-interface10] rip version 2
[Quidway-Vlan-interface10] rip authentication-mode simple aaa
# Specify Vlan-interface 10 to use the MD5 cipher text authentication, with the
authentication key of aaa and the packet format of rfc2453.
<Quidway> system-view
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.
[Quidway] interface Vlan-interface 10
[Quidway-Vlan-interface10] rip version 2
[Quidway-Vlan-interface10] rip authentication-mode md5 rfc2453 aaa