Configuring A Peer Host Public Key; Importing A Peer Host Public Key From A Public Key File; Entering A Peer Host Public Key - HP FlexFabric 5700 Series Security Configuration Manual

Configuring a peer host public key

You can configure the peer host public key by using the following methods:
• Import the peer host public key form a public key file (recommended).
Manually enter (type or copy) the peer host public key.
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Importing a peer host public key from a public key file

Before you perform this task, make sure you have exported the host public key to a file on the peer device
and obtained the file from the peer device. For information about exporting a host public key, see
"Exporting a host public
After you import the key, the system automatically converts the imported public key to a string in the
Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) format.
To import a peer host public key from a public key file:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Import a peer host public key
from a public key file.

Entering a peer host public key

Before you perform this task, make sure you have displayed the key on the peer device and recorded the
key. For information about displaying a host public key, see
Use the display public-key local public command to display the public key on the peer device. The format
of the public key displayed in any other way might be incorrect. If the key is not in the correct format, the
system discards the key and displays an error message. If the key is valid, the system saves the key.
Always import rather than enter the peer host public key if you are not sure that the device supports the
format of the recorded peer host public key.
To enter a peer host public key:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Specify a name for the peer
host public key and enter
public key view.
3. Type or copy the key.
4. Return to system view.
key."
Command
system-view
public-key peer keyname import sshkey
filename
Command
system-view
public-key peer keyname
N/A
peer-public-key end
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Remarks
N/A
By default, no peer host
public keys exist.
"Displaying a host public
Remarks
N/A
By default, no peer host public key exists.
You can use spaces and carriage returns,
but the system does not save them.
When you exit public key view, the
system automatically saves the public
key.
key."