SIEMENS 5881 Broadband Internet Router
User’s Guide
Chapter 6 Security Setup
Secure Shell
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Load Keys
Diffie-Hellman is the key exchange system used for authentication in the establishment and maintenance of
SSH connections. The key exchange requires a Public Key and a Private Key. This key pair can either be
loaded from a source file or generated by the router. This section describes how to load the key pair from a
source file. Refer to the section title
Key Generator
for details on generating the key pair on the router.
To load the key pair from a source file:
1. Click
Load Keys
on the left navigation pane of the Secure Shell (SSH) Configuration List page. This
displays the Load Private and Public Keys from file page.
2. Do one of the following:
•
Select
Public key
to load a public key from a file.
•
Select
Private ke
y to load a private key from a file.
3. In
Key File
, specify the file that contains the key. You can optionally
Browse
for the key file.
4. Click
Upload
to load the key file. A confirmation message will be displayed upon file upload completion.
