On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 10:20:10AM -0400, batz wrote:
Maybe Cisco could add this as a default requirement of the configuration that had to be explicitly disabled? In fact, it would be nice if all protocol configurations had to have their authentication manually disabled.
With respect to BGP MD5 at least, a shared key is required, so you can't make it "default". As for why its not more commonly used... Despite all the whining about the potential for an attack, I'm not aware of anyone having actually done so. Routers are notoriously under-CPU'd, and I think most engineers would rather have routes converge 30% faster than protect against an attack noone has ever done. That and its just one more thing to negotiate with the other side. :) -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras PGP Key ID: 0x138EA177 (67 29 D7 BC E8 18 3E DA B2 46 B3 D8 14 36 FE B6)