Configuring ntp authentication for a server – H3C Technologies H3C SecPath F1000-E User Manual

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Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Enable NTP authentication.

ntp-service authentication enable

By default, NTP authentication is
disabled.

3.

Configure an NTP
authentication key.

ntp-service authentication-keyid
keyid authentication-mode md5

value

By default, no NTP authentication
key is configured.

4.

Configure the key as a trusted

key.

ntp-service reliable
authentication-keyid keyid

By default, the authentication key is
not configured as a trusted key.

5.

Associate the specified key
with an NTP server.

Client/server mode:
ntp-service unicast-server

{ ip-address | server-name }

authentication-keyid keyid

Symmetric peers mode:

ntp-service unicast-peer

{ ip-address | peer-name }

authentication-keyid keyid

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 key is trusted.

Otherwise, the client cannot be synchronized to the server.

Configuring NTP authentication for a server

To configure NTP authentication for a server:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Enable NTP authentication.

ntp-service authentication enable

By default, NTP authentication is
disabled.

3.

Configure an NTP

authentication key.

ntp-service authentication-keyid
keyid authentication-mode md5
value

By default, no NTP authentication
key is configured.
Configure the same authentication
key on the client and server.

4.

Configure the key as a trusted
key.

ntp-service reliable

authentication-keyid keyid

By default, the authentication key is
not configured as a trusted key.

5.

Enter interface view.

interface interface-type

interface-number

N/A

6.

Associate the specified key
with an NTP server.

Broadcast server mode:
ntp-service broadcast-server

authentication-keyid keyid

Multicast server mode:

ntp-service multicast-server

authentication-keyid keyid

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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