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FIPS Cryptography
Overview
The following commands are used to configure the FIPS Cryptography feature on the
:and :
FIPS
• fips mode enable
• show fips status
• show ip ssh
• ssh
fips mode enable
:
Enable the FIPS cryptography mode on the platform.
Syntax
[no] fips mode enable
Use the
no fips mode enable command to disable the FIPS cryptography mode.
Default
Disabled
Command Mode
CONFIGURATION
Example
FTOS(conf)#fips mode enable
WARNING: Enabling FIPS mode will close all SSH/Telnet connections, restart those
servers, and destroy all configured host keys.
proceed (y/n) ? y
FTOS(conf)#
Related
Commands
ip ssh server Configure an SSH server.
ssh Open an SSH connection specifying the hostname, username, port
number and version of the SSH client.