Using Secure Shell; Secure Shell Components - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6450 Management Manual

Using Secure Shell

Using Secure Shell
The OmniSwitch Secure Shell feature provides a secure mechanism that allows you to log in to a remote
switch, to execute commands on a remote device, and to move files from one device to another. Secure
Shell provides secure, encrypted communications even when your transmission is between two untrusted
hosts or over an unsecure network. Secure Shell protects against a variety of security risks including the
following:
• IP spoofing
• IP source routing
• DNS spoofing
• Interception of clear-text passwords and other data by intermediate hosts
• Manipulation of data by users on intermediate hosts
Note. The OmniSwitch supports Secure Shell Version 2 only.

Secure Shell Components

The OmniSwitch includes both client and server components of the Secure Shell interface and the Secure
Shell FTP file transfer protocol. SFTP is a subsystem of the Secure Shell protocol. All Secure Shell FTP
data are encrypted through a Secure Shell channel.
Since Secure Shell provides a secure session, the Secure Shell interface and SFTP are recommended
instead of the Telnet program or the FTP protocol for communications over TCP/IP for sending file
transfers. Both Telnet and FTP are available on the OmniSwitch but they do not support encrypted
passwords.
Note. Secure Shell may only be used to log into the switch to manage the switch. It cannot be used for
Layer 2 authentication through the switch.
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Logging Into the Switch
June 2013