peer password
Use peer password to configure the device to perform MD5 authentication when establishing a TCP connection with an MSDP peer.
Use undo peer password to configure the device not to perform MD5 authentication when establishing a TCP connection with an MSDP peer.
Syntax
peer peer-address password { cipher | simple } string
undo peer peer-address password
Default
The device does not perform MD5 authentication when establishing a TCP connection with an MSDP peer.
Views
MSDP view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
Parameters
peer-address: Specifies an MSDP peer by its IP address.
cipher: Specifies a key in encrypted form.
simple: Specifies a key in plaintext form. For security purposes, the key specified in plaintext form will be stored in encrypted form.
string: Specifies the key. Its plaintext form is a case-sensitive string of 33 to 137 characters. Its encrypted form is a case-sensitive string of 1 to 80 characters.
Usage guidelines
For the TCP connection to be successfully established, you must configure the same key for MD5 authentication on both MSDP peers.
Examples
# Configure the router to perform MD5 authentication when establishing a TCP connection with MSDP peer 10.1.100.1 and set the key to aabbcc in plaintext on the public network.
<Sysname> system-view [Sysname] msdp [Sysname-msdp] peer 10.1.100.1 password simple aabbcc