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# ip rip authentication mode

#### Syntax

ip rip authentication mode { text | md5 keyID }

no ip rip authentication mode

#### Release Information

Command introduced before JUNOSe Release 7.1.0.

#### Description

Specifies the type of authentication used on this interface. The no version removes authentication from the interface. Supported only in RIP version 2. Authentication is disabled by default.

#### Options

- text—Sends a simple text password with each RIP message; if the password is not possessed by neighbors, the message is rejected
- md5—Encrypts and compresses the RIP message with MD5 message-digest algorithms
- keyID—Number identifying the MD5 key; neighbors must share the MD5 key to decrypt the message and encrypt the response

#### Mode

Interface Configuration, Subinterface Configuration

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