13.5.4 TCP MD5 Authorization Configuration

(1) List of configuration commands

The following tables list the commands used to configure TCP MD5 authorization.

Table 13-18: List of configuration commands

Command name	Description
neighbor password	Specifies that TCP MD5 authentication is to be used for peer connection.

(2) Configuring TCP MD5 Authorization

Points to note

The example below shows how to set an authentication key for TCP MD5 authentication by using the neighbor password configuration command.

Command examples

1. (config)# router bgp 65531

   (config-router)# bgp router-id 192.168.1.100

   (config-router)# neighbor 172.16.2.2 remote-as 65532

   (config-router)# neighbor 192.168.2.2 remote-as 65531

   Configure the BGP4 peers.

2. (config-router)# neighbor 172.16.2.2 password "authmd5_65532"

   (config-router)# exit

   Sets up TCP MD5 authentication based on the authentication key authmd5_65532 for the peer whose remote peer address is 172.16.2.2.