firewall ids authentication type

Function

The firewall ids authentication type command configures the authentication method for the interworking with the IDS.

The undo firewall ids authentication type command restores the default authentication method for the interworking with the IDS.

Format

firewall ids authentication type { aes256 [ key key-string ] | md5 [ key key-string ] | sha256 [ key key-string ] }*

firewall ids authentication type { none | key password }

undo firewall ids authentication

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value
aes256	Indicates AES256 authentication.	-
md5	Indicates MD5 authentication.	-
sha256	Indicates SHA256 authentication.	-
key key-string	Indicates the key.	The key contains 1 to 16 plain-text characters. The system will encrypt the key and save the encrypted key into the configuration file. You can enter either the plain-text key or the 32-bit encrypted key if you know the mapping between plain-text and cipher-text keys.
none	Indicates no authentication.	-

Views

System view

Default Level

3: Management level

Usage Guidelines

By default, the FW and IDS use the aes256 authentication method to authenticate each other.

Example

# Configure the FW to use MD5 authentication during interworking with the IDS.

<sysname> system-view
[sysname] firewall ids authentication type md5 key Admin@123