Technicolor - Thomson SpeedTouchTM620 Remote SSH Access, Publickey, =ssh config auth=password

Chapter 8

SpeedTouch™ Remote Access

8.4 Remote SSH Access

SSH service

Introduction

SSH authentication

SSH (Secure Shell) is to be used to establish privacy between 2 network devices. It provides a secured layer on top of TCP/IP.

The implementation of SSH in the SpeedTouch™ is mainly targeted to allow privacy for CLI sessions when remotely managing the SpeedTouch™ from a WAN interface.

The SpeedTouch™ supports the following authentication methods:

password	Password Authentication
publickey	Public Key Based Authentication

The user can configure the authentication to be used during SSH session setup, this can be done by executing the following CLI command:

=>:ssh config auth=password

By choosing 'password', authentication is based on username / password.

By choosing 'public_key', authentication is based on public key, searching in the database of installed public keys on the SpeedTouch™.

Enabling the Secure The Secure Shell service can be enabled by executing the following CLI command: Shell

=>:ssh config shell=enabled

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