F3726, F3211, F3174, R5135, R3816-HP Firewalls and UTM Devices VPN Configuration Guide-6PW100

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After you export a host public key in a specific format to a file, transfer the file to the peer device.
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Destroying a local asymmetric key pair
You may have to destroy a local asymmetric key pair and generate a new pair when an intrusion event
has occurred, the storage media of the device is replaced, the asymmetric key has been used for a long
time, or the local certificate expires. For more information about the local certificate, see "Managing
certificates."
To destroy a local asymmetric key pair:
Ste
p
Command
1. Enter system view.
system-view
2. Destroy a local asymmetric key pair.
public-key local destroy { dsa | rsa }
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Specifying the peer public key on the local device
In SSH, to enable the local device to authenticate a peer device, specify the peer public key on the local
device. The device supports up to 20 peer public keys.
For information about displaying or exporting the host public key, see "
924HDisplaying or exporting the local
host public key."
To specify the peer public key on the local device:
Method Prere
q
uisites Remarks
Import the public key
from a public key file
(recommended)
3. Save the host public key of the intended
asymmetric key pair in a file.
4. Transfer a copy of the file through FTP
or TFTP in binary mode to the local
device.
During the import process, the system
automatically converts the public key to
a string in Public Key Cryptography
Standards (PKCS) format.
Manually configure
the public key
—
input
or copy the key data
• Display and record the public key of the
intended asymmetric key pair.
• If the peer device is an HP device, use the
display public-key local public
command to view and record its public
key. A public key displayed by other
methods for the HP device may not be in
a correct format.
• The recorded public key must be in
the correct format, or the manual
configuration of a
format-incompliant public key will
fail.
• Always use the first method if you
are not sure about the format of the
recorded public key.
To import the host public key from a public key file to the local device:
Ste
p
Command
1. Enter system view.
system-view
2. Import the host public key from the public key file.
public-key peer keyname import sshkey filename
To manually configure the peer public key on the local device: