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Parameters

enable Enter the keyword enable to enable hostbased-

authentication for SSHv2 server.

Defaults Disabled.

Command Modes CONFIGURATION

Supported Modes Full–Switch

Command History

Version Description

9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.

8.3.16.1 Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.

Usage Information

If you enable this command, clients can log in without a password prompt. This

command provides two levels of authentication:

• rhost-authentication is done with the file specified in the ip ssh rhostfile

command.

• checking client host-keys is done with the file specified in the ip ssh pub-

key-file command.

NOTE: Administrators must specify the two files (rhosts and pub-key-file)

to configure host-based authentication.

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.

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