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Re: MD5 in BGP4

  • From: Alex Bligh
  • Date: Wed Jul 12 13:25:52 2000 
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)