HP ProCurve 2500 .txt, same purpose, clientkeys.txt, Note on Public Keys, for visual comparisons, to a phonetic hash that is easier, data to a hexadecimal hash for the

Enhancements in Release F.04.08

Configuring Secure Shell (SSH)

Note on Public Keys

The actual content of a public key entry in a public key file is determined by the SSH client application generating the key. (Although you can manually add or edit any comments the client application adds to the end of the key, such as the smith@fellow at the end of the key in figure 39, above.)

The file on the TFTP server must contain non-encoded ASCII text of each public key you want copied. Also, the file must be a text file (such as filename.txt).

Syntax: copy tftp pub-key-file <ip-address> <filename>	Copies a public key file from a TFTP
	server into flash memory in the switch.
show ip client-public-key [ babble fingerprint ]	Displays the client public key(s) in the
	switch’s current client-public-key file.
	The babble option converts the key data
	to a phonetic hash that is easier
	for visual comparisons.
	The fingerprint option converts the key
	data to a hexadecimal hash for the
	same purpose.

For example, if you wanted to copy a client public-key file named clientkeys.txt from a TFTP server at 10.38.252.195 and then display the file contents:

Figure 40. Example of Copying and Displaying a Client Public-Key File Containing Two Client Public Keys

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