Digi TS8, 16 manual Configuring SSH Version 2 for Secure Communication, Password Protection

Configuring SSH Version 2 for Secure Communication

This section discusses how to configure a user to use SSH version 2 encryption.

Password Protection

To configure simple password authentication for an SSH user, no SSH-specific configuration is required. Simply configure a user by entering the following commands:

set user name= name password=on

newpass name=name

where name is a user name

Example

set user name=ssh-user1

newpass name=ssh-user1

Using a Public Key

To enable public key authentication and to associate a public key with a user, enter the following command:

set user name= name loadkey=host:key

where

•name is the name of a user

•host is either an IP address or DNS name of a host running TFTP that holds

•key is the name of a file that contains the DSA public key. If your host’s implementation requires a complete path to the file, specify the path here as well.

Example: set user name=secure loadkey=143.191.2.34:ssh-file

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