Allow SSH password login
If this option is enabled, the user can log in to
OTMC 100
via SSH
using the standard user/password authentication (i.e., using the user
name and password defined for
OTMC 100
) or using a public/private
key pair previously generated by the user and copied to
OTMC 100
.
Deselect this option to prohibit standard user/password authenticated
access to
OTMC 100
via secure shell (SSH). When deselected,
access via SSH is only possible via key based authentication.
Deselecting this option reduces the risk of unauthorized access to
OTMC 100
through brute force attacks.
There are numerous instructions for generating SSH key
pairs on the Internet.
7.3.2.3
Generate Certificate pane
When accessing
OTMC 100
via HTTPS, an "untrusted connection" message will appear because
OTMC 100
does not have a valid certificate.
To avoid such messages, it is necessary to provide
OTMC 100
with such a certificate. There are two
possible ways: Generating a certificate signed by an accredited certification authority or generating a
certificate signed by yourself.
Web browsers usually contain the digital signatures of all accredited certification authorities by default
and will therefore accept certificates signed by those authorities. However, when using a self-signed
certificate, the web browser will not recognize you as a valid certification authority (since it does not
know the signature of "your" certification authority) and thus not accept such certificates. This behavior
can only be eliminated by providing each web browser used to access
OTMC 100
with the digital
signature of "your" certification authority. Due to this, generating a self-signed certificate will in most
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