Owner's Manual

186 IP Routing Protocol-Independent Commands
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key (global)
The key global configuration command creates an authentication key. To remove the key, use the
no form of this command.
Syntax
key key-id
no key key-id
• key-id — An authentication key identification number on a key chain. (Range: 1 - 255)
Default Configuration
No key exists on the key chain.
Command Mode
Global configuration mode
User Guidelines
After entering the key command, the console automatically enters the key chain
configuration mode.
Example
The following example creates an authentication key number 3.
key-string
The key-string SSH public key chain configuration command manually specifies an SSH public
key.
Syntax
key-string
key-string row
key-string
• row —Specifies SSH public key row by row.
•
key-string —UU-encoded DER format is the same format in the authorized_keys file used
by OpenSSH. Authentication string that must be sent and received in the packets using
the routing protocol being authenticated. The string can contain from 1 to 16 lowercase
alphanumeric characters.
Console (config)# key 3
Console (config-key)#