Hi,
At the virtual link line for both routers,
add a message-digest authentication, eg:
Router A
area 1 virtual link 192.168.5.5 message-digest-key 1 md5 pass

The "area 0 auth message-digest" is needed at RouterA
also since it is ABR for area 3.

HTH

> Ran into following during a lab scenario, but can't find any documentation
> on this. Can someone please verify if this is correct?
>
> With md5 authentication configured in OSPF Area 0, following must also be
> configured on ABR with virtual link... (the ABR which is not directly
> connected to Area 0.) "area 0 authentication message-digest".  Note that
> Router A does not have any interfaces actually in Area 0.
>
> Router A..................
> router ospf 110
>  log-adjacency-changes
>  area 0 authentication message-digest  (??????)
>  area 1 virtual-link 192.168.5.5
>  network 172.16.4.0 0.0.0.255 area 1
>  network 172.16.12.0 0.0.0.255 area 3
>
> Router B...............
> interface Serial0.504 point-to-point
>  ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.0
>  ip ospf message-digest-key 4 md5 mypassword
>  frame-relay interface-dlci 504
> !
> router ospf 110
>  log-adjacency-changes
>  area 0 authentication message-digest
>  area 1 virtual-link 192.168.2.2
>  network 172.16.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
>  network 172.16.5.0 0.0.0.255 area 1




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