Steps For Configuring And Using Ssh For Switch And Client Authentication - HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Manual

Configuring Secure Shell (SSH)

Steps for Configuring and Using SSH for Switch and Client Authentication

Steps for Configuring and Using SSH
for Switch and Client Authentication
For two-way authentication between the switch and an SSH client, you must
use the login (Operator) level.
Table 7-1. SSH Options
Switch Primary SSH
Access Authentication
Level
Operator ssh login rsa
(Login)
ssh login Local
Level
ssh login TACACS
ssh login RADIUS
Manager ssh enable local
(Enable)
ssh enable tacacs
Level
ssh enable radius
1
For ssh login public-key, the switch uses client public-key authentication instead of the switch password options for
primary authentication.
The general steps for configuring SSH include:
A. Client Preparation
7-6
Authenticate Authenticate
Switch Public Key Client Public Key
to SSH Clients? to the Switch?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
1. Install an SSH client application on a management station you want
to use for access to the switch. (Refer to the documentation provided
with your SSH client application.)
2. Optional—If you want the switch to authenticate a client public-key
on the client:
a. Either generate a public/private key pair on the client computer
(if your client application allows) or import a client key pair that
you have generated using another SSH application.
b. Copy the client public key into an ASCII file on a TFTP server
accessible to the switch and download the client public key file to
the switch. (The client public key file can hold up to 10 client keys.)
This topic is covered under "To Create a Client-Public-Key Text
File" on page 7-26.
Primary Switch
Password
Authentication
1 1
Yes No
No Yes
No Yes
No Yes
No Yes
No Yes
No Yes
Secondary Switch
Password
Authentication
local or none
none
local or none
local or none
none
local or none
local or none