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Configuring Switch-Based Authentication

Configuring the Switch for Secure Shell

This section describes how to configure the Secure Shell (SSH) feature. The cryptographic (that is,

supports encryption) version of the switch software must be installed on your switch. You must obtain

authorization to use this feature and to download the cryptographic software files from Cisco.com. For

more information, refer to the release notes for this release.

This section contains this configuration information:

For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this section, refer to the "Secure

Shell Commands" section in the Cisco IOS Security Command Reference for Release 12.1.

SSH is a protocol that provides a secure, remote connection to a device. SSH provides more security for

remote connections than Telnet by providing strong encryption when a device is authenticated. The SSH

feature has an SSH server and an SSH integrated client.

This software release only supports SSH version 1.

The SSH feature in this software release does not support IP Security (IPSec).

SSH supports these user authentication methods:

For more information about SSH, refer to the "Configuring Secure Shell" section in the Cisco IOS

Security Configuration Guide for Release 12.1.

Before configuring SSH, download the cryptographic version of the switch software image from

Cisco.com. For more information, refer to the release notes for this release.

For information about configuring SSH and displaying SSH settings, refer to the "Configuring Secure

Shell" section in the Cisco IOS Security Configuration Guide for Release 12.1.

Understanding SSH, page 7-37

Configuring SSH, page 7-37

TACACS+ (For more information, see the

RADIUS (For more information, see the

Local authentication and authorization (For more information, see the

Local Authentication and Authorization" section on page

"Controlling Switch Access with TACACS+" section on

"Controlling Switch Access with RADIUS" section on

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