Authentication in OSPFv3

Martin Huněk martin.hunek at lbcfree.net
Fri Mar 16 17:27:53 CET 2018


Hi,
> > when I create a ospfv3 instance with authentication info, and I get the
> > output: “Authentication not supported in OSPFv3”
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > do you have a plan to support it or not ?
> 
> It's not BIRD. OSPFv3 doesn't support authentication.

Actually there is a RFC 7166 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7166) that adds 
authentication trailer to OSPFv3. However, to my knowledge, the IPSec should 
be still preferred solution.

Sincerely,
Martin Hunek
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