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@@ -828,8 +828,8 @@ agreement").
<tag><label id="proto-pass-algorithm">algorithm ( keyed md5 | keyed sha1 | hmac sha1 | hmac sha256 | hmac sha384 | hmac sha512 | blake2s128 | blake2s256 | blake2b256 | blake2b512 )</tag>
The message authentication algorithm for the password when cryptographic
authentication is enabled. The default value depends on the protocol.
- For RIP and OSPFv2 it is Keyed-MD5 (for compatibility), for OSPFv3
- protocol it is HMAC-SHA-256.
+ For RIP and OSPFv2 it is Keyed-MD5 (for compatibility), for OSPFv3 and
+ Babel it is HMAC-SHA-256.
</descrip>
@@ -1817,6 +1817,19 @@ protocol babel [<name>] {
check link <switch>;
next hop ipv4 <address>;
next hop ipv6 <address>;
+ authentication none|mac [permissive];
+ password "&lt;text&gt;";
+ password "&lt;text&gt;" {
+ id &lt;num&gt;;
+ generate from "&lt;date&gt;";
+ generate to "&lt;date&gt;";
+ accept from "&lt;date&gt;";
+ accept to "&lt;date&gt;";
+ from "&lt;date&gt;";
+ to "&lt;date&gt;";
+ algorithm ( hmac sha1 | hmac sha256 | hmac sha384 | hmac
+ sha512 | blake2s | blake2b );
+ };
};
}
</code>
@@ -1907,6 +1920,25 @@ protocol babel [<name>] {
interface. If not set, the same link-local address that is used as the
source for Babel packets will be used. In normal operation, it should not
be necessary to set this option.
+
+ <tag><label id="babel-authentication">authentication none|mac [permissive]</tag>
+ Selects authentication method to be used. <cf/none/ means that packets
+ are not authenticated at all, <cf/mac/ means MAC authentication is
+ performed as described in <rfc id="8967">. If MAC authentication is
+ selected, the <cf/permissive/ suffix can be used to select an operation
+ mode where outgoing packets are signed, but incoming packets will be
+ accepted even if they fail authentication. This can be useful for
+ incremental deployment of MAC authentication across a network. If MAC
+ authentication is selected, a key must be specified with the
+ <cf/password/ configuration option. Default: none.
+
+ <tag><label id="babel-password">password "<m/text/"</tag> Specifies a
+ password used for authentication. See the <ref id="proto-pass"
+ name="password"> common option for a detailed description. The Babel
+ protocol will only accept HMAC-based algorithms or one of the Blake
+ algorithms, and the length of the supplied password string must match the
+ key size used by the selected algorithm.
+
</descrip>
<sect1>Attributes