SMC Networks SMC6752AL2 Manuel D’Utilisation

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e.  The switch compares the decrypted bytes to the original bytes it 

sent. If the two sets match, this means that the client's private key 
corresponds to an authorized public key, and the client is 
authenticated. 

Notes: 1. To use SSH with only password authentication, the host public 

key must still be given to the client, either during initial 
connection or manually entered into the known host file. 
However, you do not need to configure the client’s keys.

2. The SSH server supports up to four client sessions. The 

maximum number of client sessions includes both current 
Telnet sessions and SSH sessions.

A host public/private key pair is used to provide secure communications 
between an SSH client and the switch. After generating this key pair, you 
must provide the host public key to SSH clients and import the client’s 
public key to the switch as described in the proceeding section (Command 
Usage).

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Public-Key of Host-Key – The public key for the host.
-  RSA (Version 1): The first field indicates the size of the host key 

(e.g., 1024), the second field is the encoded public exponent (e.g., 
65537), and the last string is the encoded modulus. 

-  DSA (Version 2): The first field indicates that the encryption 

method used by SSH is based on the Digital Signature Standard 
(DSS). The last string is the encoded modulus.