Prerequisite For Using Ssh; Public Key Formats - HP ProCurve 2910al Access Security Manual

Configuring Secure Shell (SSH)

Prerequisite for Using SSH

Comment
describing public
Figure 7-3. Example of Public Key in PEM-Encoded ASCII Format Common for SSHv2 Clients
7-4
Local password or username: A Manager-level or Operator-level pass­
■
word configured in the switch.
■ SSH Enabled: (1) A public/private key pair has been generated on the
switch (generate ssh [dsa | rsa]) and (2) SSH is enabled (ip ssh). (You can
generate a key pair without enabling SSH, but you cannot enable SSH
without first generating a key pair. See "2. Generating the Switch's Public
and Private Key Pair" on page 7-9 and "4. Enabling SSH on the Switch and
Anticipating SSH Client Contact Behavior" on page 7-15.)

Prerequisite for Using SSH

Before using the switch as an SSH server, you must install a publicly or
commercially available SSH client application on the computer(s) you use for
management access to the switch. If you want client public-key authentication
(page 7-2), then the client program must have the capability to generate or
import keys.

Public Key Formats

Any client application you use for client public-key authentication with the
switch must have the capability to export public keys. The switch can accept
keys in the PEM-Encoded ASCII Format or in the Non-Encoded ASCII format.
Beginning of actual SSHv2
public key in PEM-Encoded