sa string-key (upgrade-compatible command)

Function

The sa string-key command configures an authentication key in the string format.

sa string-key { inbound | outbound } { ah | esp } plain string-plain-key

Parameter	Description	Value
inbound	Specifies SA parameters for incoming packets.	-
outbound	Specifies SA parameters for outgoing packets.	-
ah	Specifies SA parameters for Authentication Header (AH). If the security proposal applied to an SA uses AH, ah must be configured in the sa string-key command.	-
esp	Specifies SA parameters for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP). If the security proposal applied to an SA uses ESP, esp must be configured in the sa string-key command.	-
plain	Indicates the plaintext used for authentication.	-
string-plain-key	Specifies the plaintext key.	The value is a string of 1 to 127 case-sensitive characters.

SA view

3: Management level

This command is upgrade compatible and can be executed during configuration recovery. Users cannot manually configure this command.

After the upgrade, this command is no longer supported, and it is replaced by the sa string-key command.