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Figure 51 Switch acts as server for publickey authentication
Configuration procedure
NOTE:
During SSH server configuration, the client public key is required. Use the client software to generate
RSA key pairs on the client before you configure the SSH server.
1. Configure the SSH client.
# Generate the RSA key pairs.
Run PuTTYGen.exe, select SSH-2 RSA and click Generate. See Figure 52.
Figure 52 Generate a key pair on the client 1)
When the generator is generating the key pair, you must move the mouse continuously and keep the
mouse off the green progress bar shown in Figure 53. Otherwise, the progress bar stops m
oving, and
the key pair generating process is stopped.