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3Com Router 3000 Ethernet Family
Configuration Guide
Perform the following configuration in system view.
Table 11-21 Set maximum number of SSH authentication retries
Set maximum
authentication retries
Restore default maximum number of
SSH authentication retries
Maximum number of SSH authentication retries defaults to 3.
For password-public authentication, maximum number of SSH authentication retries
must be greater than two, one of which is for sending the public key. Otherwise, the
SSH client cannot log into the SSH server.
VIII. Configuring client public key
Two ways of configuring client public keys are available.
1) Manual configuration
Enter public key view with the rsa peer-public-key command. With public-key-code
begin and public-key-code end commands, you can input or copy client public key
manually.
Table 11-22 Configuring a client public key manually
At the SSH 1.0/2/0 client, generate a random
RSA key pair
Convert the public key part to PKCS code with
software called SSHKEY.EXE
Configure
client public key on
the router
Operation
number of SSH
Operation
Enter public key view (in
system view)
Enter public key edit view
to copy the public key
converted
SSHKEY.EXE (in public
the
key view)
Exit to public key view,
with the public key being
saved automatically (in
public key edit view)
Exit to system view (in
public key view)
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Chapter 11 Terminal Services
Command
ssh server authentication-retries
times
undo ssh
authentication-retries
Command
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rsa peer-public-key key-name
by
public-key-code begin
public-key-code end
peer-public-key end
server