Operation Manual

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SSH Settings
Secure Shell (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol
for secure data communication network services. SSH is
a way of accessing the command line interface on the
networkSwitch.Thetrafcisencrypted,soitisdifcult
to eavesdrop on as it creates a secure connection within
an insucure network such as the internet. Even if an
attackerwasabletoviewthetrafc,thedatawouldbe
incomprehensible without the correct encryption key to
decode it.
TocongureSSHsettingsfortheSwitch,rstselect
whether you wish to Enable or Disable the SSH service
for the Switch. Note that SSH is more secure than the
Telnet service when deciding between which service
to use. Enter the session timout you wish to implement
for SSH. Next, enter the History Count number you
wish. The default count is: 128. Enter the number of
passwords requests to be sent across SSH. The deafult
attempts is: 3. Finally, enter the silent time you wish to
implement for the SSH service.
SSH Service: Select whether SSH is Enabled or Disabled.
This is disabled by default.
Session Timeout:
Enter the amount of time that elapses
before the SSH Service is timed out. The
default is 5 minutes. The range is from
0-65535 minutes.
History Count:
Enter the entry number for History of SSH
Service. The default is 128. The range is
from 0-256.
Password Retry
Count:
Enter the number of password request sent
to the SSH Service. The default is 3. The
range is from 0-120.
Silent Time:
Enter the silent time for SSH Service. The
range is from 0-65535 seconds.
Click Apply to save the changes to the system.