22 ip ospf mtu – CANOGA PERKINS 9175 Command Reference User Manual

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CanogaOS Command Reference

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interface eth-0-11

ip ospf message-digest-key 100 md5 OLD

You change the configuration to the following:

interface eth-0-1

ip ospf message-digest-key 101 md5 NEW

The system assumes its neighbors do not have the new key yet, so it begins a rollover process. It sends

multiple copies of the same packet, each authenticated by different keys. In this example, the system

sends out two copies of the same packet—the first one authenticated by key 100 and the second one

authenticated by key 101.

Rollover allows neighboring routers to continue communication while the network administrator is

updating them with the new key. Rollover stops once the local system finds that all its neighbors know

the new key. The system detects that a neighbor has the new key when it receives packets from the

neighbor authenticated by the new key.

After all neighbors have been updated with the new key, the old key should be removed. In this example,

you would enter the following:

interface eth-0-1

no ip ospf message-digest-key 100

Then, only key 101 is used for authentication on Ethernet interface 1.

We recommend that you not keep more than one key per interface. Every time you add a new key, you

should remove the old key to prevent the local system from continuing to communicate with a hostile

system that knows the old key. Removing the old key also reduces overhead during rollover.


Examples

The following example sets a new key 19 with the password 8ry4222:

interface eth-0-1

ip ospf message-digest-key 10 md5 xvv560qle

ip ospf message-digest-key 19 md5 8ry4222


Related Commands

area authentication

ip ospf authentication

15.22 ip ospf mtu

To set the MTU value when sending Database Descriptor (DBD) packets, use the ip ospf mtu

command in interface configuration mode. To restore a default value, use the no form of this command.


Command Syntax

ip ospf mtu mtu-value

no ip ospf mtu

mtu-value

An MTU value in the range from 576 to 65535.


Default

1500.

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