Setting or removing a DLDP authentication password

  • To set the DLDP authentication password to a plain text value, use the following command:

    dldp authentication-password simple
  • To set the DLDP authentication password to an encrypted value (a base64-encoded aes-256 encrypted string), use the following command:
    dldp authentication-password encrypted
  • To remove the DLDP authentication password, use the following command:
    no dldp authentication-password
NOTE:

When encrypt-credentials is enabled, the encrypted parameter is displayed. When configuring the authentication password after configuring the authentication mode, the authentication mode defaults to none (advertised in PDUs) regardless of which authentication mode you attempt to configure.

If you do not configure the authentication password after you configure the authentication mode, the authentication mode will be none (advertised in PDUs) no matter which authentication mode you configure.

The following example shows disabled encrypt-credentials.

dldp authentication-password

simple

Set the authentication password to plain text.

The following example shows enabled encrypt-credentials.

dldp authentication-password

simple

Set the authentication password to plain text.

encrypted

Global encryption key, specified using a base64-encoded aes-256 encrypted string.

The following example shows both in secure mode.

dldp authentication-password simple

Password will be prompted interactively as above and sets the entered value in the configuration.


Enter Password:
Re-Enter Password:

In Download mode, the authentication password must be accepted as inline parameter only, and not be prompted interactively.