[138699] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OSPFv3 Authentication
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Venkatesh Sriram)
Sat Mar 12 11:25:34 2011
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009281258240.61421@mignon.ki.iif.hu>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:54:23 +0530
From: Venkatesh Sriram <vnktshsriram@gmail.com>
To: Mohacsi Janos <mohacsi@niif.hu>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Janos,
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2010, Venkatesh Sriram wrote:
>
>> While I have used MD5 with OSPFv2, I never used authentication with
>> OSPFv3 since IPsec is (a) not available on all platforms (or/and
>> requires a special license) and (b) requires too much of coordination
>> with other folks to bring it up. I know operators who use
>> authentication with ISIS for v6, but very little auth for
>> OSPFv3.Obviously, you'll find an equal number that enthusiastically
>> use auth with OSPFv3, so really there isnt any one right answer.
>
> Dear Sriram,
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Can you list/name the platforms does not support IPsec for=
OSPFv3
> without special license? e.g. to avoid such a platform....
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Best Regards,
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Janos
Some platforms of Cisco for one.
http://mellowd.co.uk/ccie/?p=3D1421
Sriram
