diff --git a/bird.conf b/bird.conf
index bc31efc0..75a2408c 100644
--- a/bird.conf
+++ b/bird.conf
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ int i;
 	callme ( 7, 2, );
 
 	print "done";
-	quitbird;
-	print "*** FAIL: this is unreachable"; 
+#	quitbird;
+#	print "*** FAIL: this is unreachable"; 
 }
 
 filter testf 
@@ -67,12 +67,13 @@ protocol rip MyRIP_test {
 	port 1520;
 	period 5;
 	garbagetime 30;
-	interface "*";
+	interface "*" { mode broadcast; };
 	export filter testf;
 	honour neighbour;
 	passwords { password "ahoj" from 0 to 10;
-		password "nazdar" from 10 to 20;
+		password "nazdar" from 10;
 	}
+	authentication md5;
 }
 
 protocol device {
diff --git a/nest/config.Y b/nest/config.Y
index dfef4e27..91cdad11 100644
--- a/nest/config.Y
+++ b/nest/config.Y
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ password_begin:
      last_password_item = cfg_alloc(sizeof (struct password_item));
      last_password_item->password = $2;
      last_password_item->from = 0;
-     last_password_item->to = ~0;
+     last_password_item->to = 2000000000;
      last_password_item->id = 0;
      last_password_item->next = NULL;
      $$=last_password_item;
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ password_items:
 password_list: 
    /* empty */ { $$ = NULL; } 
  | password_begin password_items ';' password_list {
-     last_password_item->next = $4;
-     $$ = last_password_item;
+     $1->next = $4;
+     $$ = $1;
    }
  ;
 
diff --git a/nest/password.c b/nest/password.c
index f0f433ab..6a020287 100644
--- a/nest/password.c
+++ b/nest/password.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ get_best_password(struct password_item *head, int flags)
       good = cur;
       best = head;
     }
+    head=head->next;
   }
   return best;
 }
diff --git a/proto/rip/auth.c b/proto/rip/auth.c
index 9dd26dab..7d09f273 100644
--- a/proto/rip/auth.c
+++ b/proto/rip/auth.c
@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ rip_incoming_authentication( struct proto *p, struct rip_block_auth *block, stru
       head = P_CF->passwords;
       while (head) {
 	/* FIXME: should check serial numbers, somehow */
+	DBG( "time, " );
 	if ((head->from > now) || (head->to < now))
-	  continue;
+	  goto skip;
+	DBG( "check, " );
 	if (head->id == block->keyid) {
 	  struct MD5Context ctxt;
 	  char md5sum_packet[16];
@@ -77,7 +79,9 @@ rip_incoming_authentication( struct proto *p, struct rip_block_auth *block, stru
 
 	  if (memcmp(md5sum_packet, md5sum_computed, 16))
 	    return 1;
+	  return 0;
 	}
+      skip:
 	head = head->next;
       }
       return 1;
diff --git a/proto/rip/rip.c b/proto/rip/rip.c
index ef98a78a..7fcf6245 100644
--- a/proto/rip/rip.c
+++ b/proto/rip/rip.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ rip_tx( sock *s )
   struct rip_packet *packet = (void *) s->tbuf;
   int i;
 
+  DBG( "Sending to %I\n", s->daddr );
   do {
 
     if (c->done) {
@@ -285,7 +286,11 @@ rip_process_packet( struct proto *p, struct rip_packet *packet, int num, ip_addr
 
 	  if (!neigh_find( p, &whotoldme, 0 )) {
 	    log( L_ERR "%I send me routing info but he is not my neighbour", whotoldme );
+#if 0
 	    return 0;
+#else
+	    log( L_ERR "...ignoring" );
+#endif
 	  }
 
           for (i=0; i<num; i++) {
@@ -294,7 +299,8 @@ rip_process_packet( struct proto *p, struct rip_packet *packet, int num, ip_addr
 	      if (!i) {
 		if (rip_incoming_authentication(p, (void *) block, packet, num))
 		  BAD( "Authentication failed" );
-	      } else BAD( "Authentication is not the first!" );
+	      } 
+	    /* FIXME: Need to reject packets which have no authentication */
 	    ipa_ntoh( block->network );
 	    ipa_ntoh( block->netmask );
 	    ipa_ntoh( block->nexthop );
@@ -500,8 +506,10 @@ new_iface(struct proto *p, struct iface *new, unsigned long flags, struct iface_
 
   if (flags & IF_BROADCAST)
     rif->sock->daddr = new->addr->brd;
-  if (flags & IF_UNNUMBERED)	/* Hmm, rip is not defined over unnumbered links */
+  if (flags & IF_UNNUMBERED) {
     rif->sock->daddr = new->addr->opposite;
+    log( L_WARN "RIP/%s: rip is not defined over unnumbered links\n", P_NAME );
+  }
   if (want_multicast) {
     rif->sock->daddr = ipa_from_u32(0xe0000009);
     rif->sock->saddr = ipa_from_u32(0xe0000009);
@@ -516,7 +524,7 @@ new_iface(struct proto *p, struct iface *new, unsigned long flags, struct iface_
 	/* Don't try to transmit into this one? Well, why not? This should not happen, anyway :-) */
       }
 
-  log( L_DEBUG "RIP/%s: listening on %s, port %d, mode %s", P_NAME, rif->iface ? rif->iface->name : "(dummy)", P_CF->port, want_multicast ? "multicast" : "broadcast" );
+  log( L_DEBUG "RIP/%s: listening on %s, port %d, mode %s (%I)", P_NAME, rif->iface ? rif->iface->name : "(dummy)", P_CF->port, want_multicast ? "multicast" : "broadcast", rif->sock->daddr );
   
   return rif;
 }