Re: OSPF cryptographic authentication keying

Mukesh Gupta <mgupta@IPRG.NOKIA.COM> Wed, 14 August 2002 14:20 UTC

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From: Mukesh Gupta <mgupta@IPRG.NOKIA.COM>
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Subject: Re: OSPF cryptographic authentication keying
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> Keys need only be shared on a per-interface basis. The specification of
> authentication type per interface (as opposed to per area) was introduced
> between RFCs 1583 and 2178.

Oops !! my bad. I was focussing on the keys being shared between multiple neighbours
and made a wrong statement. Yeah, the keys are shared on a per-interface basis.

Thanks for correcting me.

regards
Mukesh