3Com WX3000 operation manual 2Generate a client key

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Selecting the protocol for remote connection as SSH. Usually, a client can use a variety of remote connection protocols, such as Telnet, Rlogin, and SSH. To establish an SSH connection, you must select SSH

Selecting the SSH version. Since the device supports SSH Server 2.0 now, select 2.0 or lower for the client.

Specifying the private key file. On the server, if public key authentication is enabled for an SSH user and a public key is set for the user, the private key file corresponding to the public key must be specified on the client. RSA key pairs and DSA key pairs are generated by a tool of the client software.

The following takes the client software of PuTTY, PuTTYGen and SSHKEY as examples to illustrate how to configure the SSH client:

Generate a client key

To generate a client key, run PuTTYGen.exe, and select from the Parameters area the type of key you want to generate, either SSH-2 RSA or SSH-2 DSA, then click Generate.

Figure 1-2Generate a client key (1)

Note that while generating the key pair, you must move the mouse continuously and keep the mouse off the green process bar in the blue box of shown in Figure 1-3. Otherwise, the process bar stops moving and the key pair generating process is stopped.

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