# authentication mode

#### Syntax

authentication mode { text | md5 keyID }

no authentication mode

#### Release Information

Command introduced before JunosE Release 7.1.0.

#### 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.

#### Options

- 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

Remote Neighbor Configuration