APC How to Create SSH Host Keys and What is a Host Key for AP7900

Switched Rack PDU

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Create an SSH Host Key

Summary

This procedure is optional. If you select SSH encryption, but do not create a host key, the Switched Rack PDU generates a 768-bit RSA key when it reboots. Host keys for SSH that are created with the APC Security Wizard are 1024-bit RSA keys.

•Use the APC Security Wizard to create a host key, which is encrypted and stored in a file with .p15 extension.

•Load the host key onto the Rack PDU.

The procedure

Create the host key. Perform these steps. (Click Next to move from screen to screen.)

1.If the APC Security Wizard is not already installed on your computer, install it by running the installation program APC Security Wizard.exe from the APC Rack PDU Utility CD that came with your Rack PDU.

2.On the Windows Start menu, select Programs, then APC Security Wizard, to start the Wizard program.

3.On the screen labeled Step 1, select SSH Server Host Key as the type of file to create.

4.Enter a name for the file that will contain the host key. The file name must have a .p15 extension. By default, the file will be created in the installation folder C:\Program Files\American Power Conversion\APC Security Wizard.

5.Click Next to generate the Host Key.

6.The summary screen displays the SSH version 1 and version 2 fingerprints, which are unique for each host key and identify the host key. After you load the host key onto the Rack PDU, you can verify that

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