Ssh Servers, Integrated Clients, And Supported Versions; Limitations; Configuring Ssh - Cisco Catalyst 2360 Software Configuration Manual

Chapter 7 Configuring Switch-Based Authentication

SSH Servers, Integrated Clients, and Supported Versions

The SSH feature has an SSH server and an SSH integrated client, which are applications that run on the
switch. You can use an SSH client to connect to a switch running the SSH server. The SSH server works
with the SSH client supported in this release and with non-Cisco SSH clients. The SSH client also works
with the SSH server supported in this release and with non-Cisco SSH servers.
The switch supports an SSHv1 or an SSHv2 server.
The switch supports an SSHv1 or an SSHv2 client.
SSH supports the Data Encryption Standard (DES) encryption algorithm, the Triple DES (3DES)
encryption algorithm, and password-based user authentication.
SSH also supports these user authentication methods:
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Note This software release does not support IP Security (IPSec).

Limitations

These limitations apply to SSH:
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Configuring SSH

This section has this configuration information:
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OL-19808-01
TACACS+ (for more information, see the
page 7-10)
RADIUS (for more information, see the
page 7-17)
Local authentication and authorization (for more information, see the
Local Authentication and Authorization" section on page
The switch supports Rivest, Shamir, and Adelman (RSA) authentication.
SSH supports only the execution-shell application.
The SSH server and the SSH client are supported only on DES (56-bit) and 3DES (168-bit) data
encryption software.
The switch does not support the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) symmetric encryption
algorithm.
Configuration Guidelines, page 7-34
Setting Up the Switch to Run SSH, page 7-34
Configuring the SSH Server, page 7-35
server)
Configuring the Switch for Secure Shell
"Controlling Switch Access with TACACS+" section on
"Controlling Switch Access with RADIUS" section on
7-31)
(required)
(required only if you are configuring the switch as an SSH
Catalyst 2360 Switch Software Configuration Guide
"Configuring the Switch for
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