3Com Switch 8800 Family Configuration Guide
SSH Terminal Service 775
By default, the system does not update the server key.
Configuring the authentication timeout
Use this configuration task to set the authentication timeout of SSH connections.
Perform the following configuration in system view.
By default, the authentication timeout is 60 seconds.
Configuring the number of authentication retries
Use this configuration task to set the number of authentication retries an SSH user
can request for a connection, thereby preventing illegal behaviors such as
malicious guessing.
Perform the following configuration in system view.
By default, the number of authentication retries is 3.
Entering the public key view
Use this configuration command to enter the public key view and specify the
name of the public key of the client.
Perform the first configuration in the following table in system view.
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The configuration commands are applicable to the environments where the server
employs RSA authentication and password-publickey authentication on SSH
users. If the server adopts password authentication on SSH users, these
configurations are not necessary.
Tab le 719 Set the SSH authentication timeout
Operation Command
Set the SSH authentication timeout ssh server timeout seconds
Restore the default SSH authentication timeout undo ssh server timeout
Tab le 720 Configure the number of SSH authentication retries
Operation Command
Configure the number of SSH authentication
retries
ssh server authentication-retries times
Restore the default number of SSH
authentication retries
undo ssh server authentication-retries
Tab le 721 Public key configuration
Operation Command
Enter the public key view rsa peer-public-key key-name
Exit the public view and return to the system view peer-public-key end