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Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch NX-OS Unicast Routing Command Reference
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Chapter Unicast Routing Commands
message-digest-key (OSPF virtual link)
message-digest-key (OSPF virtual link)
To enable Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Message Digest 5 (MD5) authentication on a virtual link, use
the message-digest-key command. To remove an old MD5 key, use the no form of this command.
message-digest-key key-id md5 [0 | 3] key
no message-digest-key key-id
Syntax Description
Command Default Unencrypted
Command Modes Virtual link configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines When you configure the MD5 digest authentication mode, make sure that both interfaces on the virtual
link have the same key value.
This command requires the LAN Base Services license.
Examples This example shows how to set key 19 with the password 8ry4222:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config-router)# area 22 virtual-link 192.0.2.2
switch(config-router-vlink)# message-digest-key 19 md5 8ry4222
switch(config-router-vlink)#
Related Commands
key-id Identifier in the range from 1 to 255.
md5 Specifies Message Digest 5 (MD5) authentication.
0 (Optional) Specifies to use an unencrypted password to generate the
md5 key.
3 (Optional) Specifies to use an encrypted 3DES password to generate
the md5 key.
key Alphanumeric password of up to 16 bytes.
Release Modification
5.0(3)A1(1) This command was introduced.
Command Description
authentication (virtual-link) Configures the authentication mode on a virtual link.