Prerequisite For Using Ssh; Public Key Formats; Steps For Configuring And Using Ssh For Switch And Client Authentication - HP Q.11.XX Manual

Comment
describing public
key identity.
Figure 6-3. Example of Public Key in PEM-Encoded ASCII Format Common for SSHv2 Clients

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 6-2), 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 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
ASCII format.
Steps for Configuring and Using SSH
for Switch and Client Authentication
For two-way authentication between the switch and an SSH client, you must
use the login (Operator) level.
Configuring Secure Shell (SSH)

Prerequisite for Using SSH

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