3Com Switch 8800 Configuration Guide
Chapter 50 SSH Terminal Service
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Table 50-5
Configure the updating cycle of the server key
Operation
Command
Configure the updating cycle of the
server key
ssh server rekey-interval
hours
Cancel the updating cycle configuration
undo ssh server rekey-interval
By default, the system does not update the server key.
V. Configuring the authentication timeout
Use this configuration task to set the authentication timeout of SSH connections.
Perform the following configuration in system view.
Table 50-6
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
By default, the authentication timeout is 60 seconds.
VI. 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.
Table 50-7
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
By default, the number of authentication retries is 3.
VII. 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.
