Re: Ambiguity

[Fred Baker <[e-mail]>]

>> - If a RIP2 router is not configured to do authentication and an
>>   authenticated packet arrives, should the packet be dropped or
>>   should the authentication be ignored?  For simple password,
>>   either can be done; however, if an encryption were added, the
>>   packet would have to be dropped since decryption could not be done.
>>   Therefore, I think authenticated packets should be dropped if the
>>   router is not doing authentication.
>> 
>> - Similarly, if an authenticated packet arrives at a router which is
>>   doing authentication, but does not support the indicated auth type,
>>   the packet should be dropped.

I concur; if somebody thinks things are getting authenticated, that should
not be hot-wired for any reason.