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DMVPN: cisco-authentication password length is 8 characters
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Description

A user can specify a password longer then 8 characters.

MAN pages states:

cisco-authentication secret
    Enables Cisco style authentication on NHRP packets. This embeds
    the secret plaintext password to the outgoing NHRP packets.
    Incoming NHRP packets on this interface are discarded unless the
    secret password is present. Maximum length of the secret is 8 characters.

Add proper validator to CLI

Details

Difficulty level
Easy (less than an hour)
Version
1.4-rolling-202205170825
Why the issue appeared?
Will be filled on close
Is it a breaking change?
Perfectly compatible
Issue type
Improvement (missing useful functionality)