HP 6120 Steps for Configuring and Using SSH for Switch and Client Authentication, Table, SSH Options

Configuring Secure Shell (SSH)

Steps for Configuring and Using SSH for Switch and Client Authentication

Steps for Configuring and Using SSH for Switch and Client Authentication

For two-way authentication between the switch and an SSH client, you must use the login (Operator) level.

Table 6-1.	SSH Options
Switch	Primary SSH	Authenticate	Authenticate	Primary Switch	Secondary Switch
Access	Authentication	Switch Public Key	Client Public Key	Password	Password
Level		to SSH Clients?	to the Switch?	Authentication	Authentication
Operator	ssh login rsa	Yes	Yes1	No1	local or none
(Login)	ssh login Local	Yes	No	Yes	none
Level
	ssh login TACACS	Yes	No	Yes	local or none
	ssh login RADIUS	Yes	No	Yes	local or none
Manager	ssh enable local	Yes	No	Yes	none
(Enable)	ssh enable tacacs	Yes	No	Yes	local or none
Level
	ssh enable radius	Yes	No	Yes	local or none

1For ssh login public-key, the switch uses client public-key authentication instead of the switch password options for primary authentication.

The general steps for configuring SSH include:

A. Client Preparation

1.Install an SSH client application on a management station you want to use for access to the switch. (Refer to the documentation provided with your SSH client application.)

2.Optional—If you want the switch to authenticate a client public-key on the client:

a.Either generate a public/private key pair on the client computer (if your client application allows) or import a client key pair that you have generated using another SSH application.

b.Copy the client public key into an ASCII file on a TFTP server accessible to the switch and download the client public key file to the switch. (The client public key file can hold up to 10 client keys.) This topic is covered under “To Create a Client-Public-Key Text File” on page 6-26.

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