R3721-F3210-F3171-HP High-End Firewalls Network Management Command Reference-6PW101

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IS-IS configuration commands
NOTE:
The term "router" in this chapter refers to both routers and Layer 3 firewalls.
The following matrix shows the feature and firewall compatibility:
Feature F1000-A-EI/S-EI F1000-E F5000 Firewall module
IS-IS No No Yes No
area-authentication-mode
Syntax
area-authentication-mode { md5 | simple } password [ ip | osi ]
undo area-authentication-mode
View
IS-IS view
Default level
2: System level
Parameters
md5: Specifies the MD5 authentication mode.
simple: Specifies the simple authentication mode.
password: Password. For simple authentication mode, the password must be plain text. For md5
authentication mode, the password can be either plain text or cipher text. A plaintext password can be
a string of up to 16 characters, such as user918. A cipher password must be a ciphertext string of 24
characters, such as (TT8F]Y\5SQ=^Q`MAF4<1!!.
ip: Checks IP related fields in LSPs.
osi: Checks OSI related fields in LSPs.
NOTE:
W
hether a password should use ip or osi is not affected by the actual network environment.
Description
Use area-authentication-mode to specify the area authentication mode and a password.
Use undo area-authentication-mode to restore the default.
No area authentication is configured by default.
The password in the specified mode is inserted into all outgoing Level-1 packets (LSP, CSNP and PSNP)
and is used for authenticating the incoming Level-1 packets.