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Configuring Secure Shell (SSH)
Prerequisite for Using SSH
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 4-2), then the client program must have the capability to generate public
and private key pairs.
Public Key Format Requirement
Any client application you use for client public-key authentication with the
switch must have the capability to store a public key in non-encoded ASCII
format. The switch does not interpret keys generated using the PEM (Privacy
Enhanced Mode) format (also in ASCII characters) that some SSHv2 client
applications use for storing public keys. If your client application stores PEM-
encoded keys by default, check the application software for a key conversion
utility or use a third-party key conversion utility.
Figure 4-3. Example of Public Key in PEM-Encoded ASCII Format Common for SSHv2 Clients
Figure 4-4. Example of Public Key in Non-Encoded ASCII Format (Common for SSHv1 Client Applications)
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describing public
Beginning of actual SSHv2
public key in PEM-Ecoded
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