Configuring ntp authentication for a server – H3C Technologies H3C WX6000 Series Access Controllers User Manual

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To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Configure an NTP
authentication key

ntp-service authentication-keyid

keyid

authentication-mode

md5 value

Required
No NTP authentication key by
default

Configure the key as a
trusted key

ntp-service reliable authentication-keyid
keyid

Required
No authentication key is configured
to be trusted by default

Server/client mode:

ntp-service

unicast-server { ip-address |

server-name

} authentication-keyid keyid

Associate the specified
key with an NTP server

Symmetric peers mode:

ntp-service

unicast-peer { ip-address |

peer-name

} authentication-keyid keyid

Required
You can associate a non-existing
key with an NTP server. To enable
NTP authentication, you must
configure the key and specify it as
a trusted key after associating the
key with the NTP server.

After you enable the NTP authentication feature for the client, make sure that you configure for the client
an authentication key that is the same as on the server and specify that the authentication is trusted;
otherwise, the client cannot be synchronized to the server.

Configuring NTP authentication for a server

Follow these steps to configure NTP authentication for a server:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enable NTP authentication ntp-service authentication enable

Required
Disabled by default

Configure an NTP
authentication key

ntp-service authentication-keyid

keyid

authentication-mode

md5 value

Required
No NTP authentication key by
default

Configure the key as a
trusted key

ntp-service reliable
authentication-keyid
keyid

Required
No authentication key is configured
to be trusted by default

Enter interface view

interface

interface-type interface-number

Broadcast server mode:

ntp-service

broadcast-server

authentication-keyid

keyid

Associate the specified key
with an NTP server

Multicast server mode:

ntp-service

multicast-server

authentication-keyid

keyid

Required
You can associate a non-existing
key with an NTP server. To enable
NTP authentication, you must
configure the key and specify it as
a trusted key after associating the
key with the NTP server.

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