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Figure 51
Switch acts as server for publickey authentication
Configuration procedure
NOTE:
During SSH server configuration, the client public key is required. Use the client software to generate
RSA key pairs on the client before you configure the SSH server.
1.
Configure the SSH client.
# Generate the RSA key pairs.
Run PuTTYGen.exe, select
SSH-2 RSA
and click
Generate
. See
.
Figure 52
Generate a key pair on the client 1)
When the generator is generating the key pair, you must move the mouse continuously and keep the
mouse off the green progress bar shown in
. Otherwise, the progress bar stops moving, and
the key pair generating process is stopped.