Hello, On a router with several sessions I use "cascading" templates. Not all sessions have authentication, but those that do all default to MD5. When leaving the authentication option unset, you get warnings like: bird: /usr/local/etc/bird.conf:57:18: Missing authentication option, assuming MD5 But when setting 'authentication md5;' in my main template, then sessions without password will complain: bird: /usr/local/etc/bird.conf:56:28 MD5 authentication and password option should be used together /usr/local/etc/rc.d/bird: WARNING: failed to start bird In the past using a useless 'password "";' helped to simply surpress warnings, but not anymore. So now I have to add multiple templates to add 'authentication md5;' to sessions with authentication. Long story short, my question is: why can't you affirm 'authentication md5;' as main default, regardless wether sessions do or don't have a password? -- With kind regards, Met vriendelijke groet, Mit freundlichen Grüß, Leo Vandewoestijne <***@dns.company> <www.dns.company>