Authentication-key

The authentication-key command configures an authentication key-id, key type, and key used to authenticate NTP PDUs sent to and received from other network elements participating in the NTP protocol. For authentication to work, the authentication key-id, authentication type and authentication key value must match.

config>system>time>ntp
            — authentication-key key-id {key key} [hash | hash2 | custom] type 
            — {des | message-digest}
config>system>time>ntp# 
    — config>system>time>ntp# authentication-key 1 key A type des
    — config>system>time>ntp# no shutdown

The following example shows NTP disabled with the authentication-key parameter enabled.

A:sim1>config>system>time>ntp# info
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                shutdown
                authentication-key 1 key "OAwgNUlbzgI" hash2 type des 
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A:sim1>config>system>time>ntp#