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authentication mode

Description: 

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

Syntax: 

authentication mode { text | md5 keyID }

no authentication mode

• text—Sends a simple text password with each RIP message; if the password is not possessed by remote neighbors, the message is rejected
• md5—Encrypts and compresses the RIP message with MD5 message-digest algorithms
• keyID—Number identifying the MD5 key in the range 1–255; remote neighbors must share the MD5 key to decrypt the message and encrypt the response

Mode(s): 

Remote Neighbor Configuration

    Release Information    Command introduced before JUNOSe Release 7.1.0.