Configuring The Ssh Server; Configuring The User Interfaces For Ssh Clients; Configuring The Ssh Management Functions; Configuring The Ssh Server To Be Compatible With Ssh1 Clients - H3C S5600 SERIES Operation Manual

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Configuring the SSH Server

The session establishment between an SSH client and the SSH server involves five stages. Similarly,
SSH server configuration involves five aspects, as shown in the following table.
Table 1-2 Complete the following tasks to configure the SSH server:
Preparation
Version
Key
Authentication
Data exchange
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Task
Configuring the User Interfaces for SSH
Clients
Configuring the SSH Management
Functions
Configuring the SSH Server to Be
Compatible with SSH1 Clients
Generating/Destroying Key Pairs
Creating an SSH User and Specifying
an Authentication Type
Specifying a Service Type for an SSH
User
Configuring the Public Key of a Client
on the Server
Assigning a Public Key to an SSH User
Exporting the RSA or DSA Public Key
Server side
configuration
Configuring the SSH
Server
Required
Optional
Optional
This task determines which SSH
versions the server should support.
By default, the SSH server is
compatible with SSH1 clients.
Required
Required
Optional
By default, an SSH user can use the
service type of stelnet.
Not
authentication
password.
Required when the authentication
mode is publickey.
Not
authentication
password.
Required when the authentication
mode is publickey.
Optional
If a client does not support first-time
authentication, you need to export
the server's public key and configure
the key on the client.
1-5
Client side configuration
Configuring an SSH Client
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