Users Guide

• checking client host-keys is done with the le specied in the ip ssh pub-key-file command.
NOTE: Administrators must specify the two les (rhosts and pub-key-file) to congure
host-based authentication.
Related Commands
ip ssh pub-key-le — public keys of trusted hosts from a le.
ip ssh rhostsle — trusted hosts and users for rhost authentication.
ip ssh key-size
Congure 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
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-6.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage Information The server-generated key is used for SSHv1 key-exchange.
ip ssh password-authentication
Enable password authentication for the SSH server.
Syntax
ip ssh password-authentication enable
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