Re: MD5 in BGP4

[Jared Mauch <jared () puck Nether net>]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 08:26:56AM -0400, HANSEN CHAN wrote:
> I understand that MD5 is quite commonly used in IGP such as OSPF but not
> in BGP4. Am I correct? Can someone explain to me why? Shouldn't one be
> more concerned the session being hijacked when talking to another
> network?

        Yes.  many providers are now deploying password based bgp
sessions with upstreams/peers/customers as an added security measure.

        - jared

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