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When Authenticate Client Certificates is selected on the NWA/WAC, the following screen asks
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you to select a personal certificate to send to the NWA/WAC. This screen displays even if you only
have a single certificate as in the example.
You next see the Web Configurator login screen.
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12.5 SSH

You can use SSH (Secure SHell) to securely access the NWA/WAC's command line interface.
SSH is a secure communication protocol that combines authentication and data encryption to
provide secure encrypted communication between two hosts over an unsecured network. In the
following figure, computer B on the Internet uses SSH to securely connect to the NWA/WAC (A) for
a management session.
Figure 83 SSH Communication Over the WAN Example

12.5.1 How SSH Works

The following figure is an example of how a secure connection is established between two remote
hosts using SSH v1.
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