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Configuring Secure Shell (SSH)

Prerequisite for Using SSH

■ Local password or username: A Manager-level or Operator-level pass-

word configured in the switch.

■ SSH Enabled: (1) A public/private key pair has been generated on the

switch (generate ssh [dsa | rsa]) and (2) SSH is enabled (ip ssh). (You can

generate a key pair without enabling SSH, but you cannot enable SSH

without first generating a key pair. See “2. Generating the Switch’s Public

and Private Key Pair” on page 7-9 and “4. Enabling SSH on the Switch and

Anticipating SSH Client Contact Behavior” on page 7-15.)

Prerequisite for Using SSH

Before using the switch as an SSH server, you must install a publicly or

commercially available SSH client application on the computer(s) you use for

management access to the switch. If you want client public-key authentication

(page 7-2), then the client program must have the capability to generate or

import keys.

Public Key Formats

Any client application you use for client public-key authentication with the

switch must have the capability to export public keys. The switch can accept

keys in the PEM-Encoded ASCII Format or in the Non-Encoded ASCII format.

Comment

describing public

Beginning of actual SSHv2

public key in PEM-Encoded

Figure 7-3. Example of Public Key in PEM-Encoded ASCII Format Common for SSHv2 Clients

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