Routing Protocol Security - Select the strongest algorithm that is supported by your equipment and your neighbors - BGP

Information

Stable routing is very important to the overall success of any network. It is a recommended security practice to authenticate all routing protocol traffic to ensure that only trusted routers are participating in routing exchanges.

Solution

Set the BGP authentication to use the strongest algorithm available in your environment.

user@host# edit protocols bgp group <GROUP_NAME>
user@host# set neighbor <IP_ADDRESS>
user@host# set authentication-algorithm <ALGORITHM>

See Also

http://www.juniper.net/us/en/training/jnbooks/day-one/fundamentals-series/hardening-junos-devices-checklist/

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-13

Plugin: Juniper

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