[29990] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MD5 in BGP4
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Bligh)
Wed Jul 12 13:24:49 2000
From: Alex Bligh <amb@gxn.net>
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Cc: "HANSEN CHAN" <hansen.chan@alcatel.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 12 Jul 2000 10:14:22 PDT."
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Randy,
> > I understand that MD5 is quite commonly used in IGP such as OSPF but not
> > in BGP4. Am I correct?
>
> no. sensible bgp peers use md5 sig in bgp4. see rfc 2385
You are both right. MD5 is not commonly used in BGP4. Draw
your own conclusions w.r.t. sensibleness of the peers.
--
Alex Bligh
VP Core Network, Concentric Network Corporation
(formerly GX Networks, Xara Networks)
