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Chapter 3 Administering the WMIC

Configuring the WMIC for Secure Shell

This section describes how to configure the Secure Shell (SSH) feature.

Note For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this section, refer to the “Secure

Shell Commands” section in the Cisco IOS Security Command Reference for Release 12.2.

Understanding SSH

SSH is a protocol that provides a secure, remote connection to a Layer 2 or a Layer 3 device. There are

two versions of SSH: SSH version 1 and SSH version 2. This software release supports only SSH

version 1.

SSH provides more security for remote connections than Telnet by providing strong encryption when a

device is authenticated. The SSH feature has an SSH server and an SSH integrated client. The client

supports these user authentication methods:

• RADIUS (for more information, see the “Controlling WMIC Access with RADIUS” section on

page 3-34)

• Local authentication and authorization (for more information, see the “Configuring the WMIC for

Local Authentication and Authorization” section on page 3-51)

For more information about SSH, refer to the “Configuring Secure Shell” section in the Cisco IOS

Security Configuration Guide for Release 12.2.

Note The SSH feature in this software release does not support IP Security (IPSec).