Reference Guide

NOTE: Administrators must specify the two files (rhosts and pub-key-file) to
configure host-based authentication.
Related
Commands
ip ssh pub-key-file — public keys of trusted hosts from a file.
ip ssh rhostsfile — trusted hosts and users for rhost authentication.
ip ssh key-size
Configure the size of the server-generated RSA SSHv1 key.
Z9000
Syntax
ip ssh key-size 512-869
Parameters
512-869 Enter the key-size number for the server-generated RSA SSHv1 key.
The range is from 512 to 869. The default is 768.
Defaults Key size 768
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the
relevant FTOS Command Line Reference Guide .
The following is a list of the FTOS version history for this command.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-Version
6.1.1.0
Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
The server-generated key is used for SSHv1 key-exchange.
ip ssh password-authentication
Enable password authentication for the SSH server.
Z9000
Syntax
ip ssh password-authentication enable
To disable password-authentication, use the no ip ssh password-authentication
enable command.
Parameters
enable Enter the keyword enable to enable password-authentication for
the SSH server.
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