Siemens 5881 manual Load Keys

SIEMENS 5881 Broadband Internet Router	Chapter 6 Security Setup
User’s Guide	Secure Shell

Load Keys

Diffie-Hellman is the key exchange system used for authentication in the establishment and maintenance of SSH connections. The key exchange requires a Public Key and a Private Key. This key pair can either be loaded from a source file or generated by the router. This section describes how to load the key pair from a source file. Refer to the section title Key Generator for details on generating the key pair on the router.

To load the key pair from a source file:

1.Click Load Keys on the left navigation pane of the Secure Shell (SSH) Configuration List page. This displays the Load Private and Public Keys from file page.

2.Do one of the following:

•Select Public key to load a public key from a file.

•Select Private key to load a private key from a file.

3.In Key File, specify the file that contains the key. You can optionally Browse for the key file.

4.Click Upload to load the key file. A confirmation message will be displayed upon file upload completion.

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