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Efficient Networks ® Router family
Command Line Interface Guide
Chapter 4: System Commands
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system authen
Forces the target router authentication protocol that is used for security negotiation
with the remote routers when the local side authentication is set. You should not need
to issue this command as the best security possible is provided with the none default.
To read about PAP/CHAP, see ”
PAP/CHAP Security Authentication” on page 5-20 of
the Technical Reference Guide.
Mgmt Class
Security (R/W)
Input Format
system authen none | pap | chap
Parameters
Response
This following example illustrates setting the authentication level, then displaying the
current setting.
*** When the command is entered with no parameters, the current authen-
tication override is displayed.
none The authentication protocol is negotiated, with the minimum best secu-
rity level as defined for each remote router in the database.
pap Negotiation begins with PAP (instead of CHAP) for those entries that
have PAP in the remote database and only when the call is initiated lo-
cally.
chap Overrides all the remote database entries with CHAP, that is, only
CHAP is performed.
-> system authen chap
-> system authen
Authentication needed.................CHAP