Dell PowerSwitch S4820T Configuration Guide for the S4820T System 9.100.0 - Page 749

Using RSA Authentication of SSH The following procedure authenticates an SSH client based on an RSA key using RSA authentication. This method uses SSH version 2. 1 On the SSH client (Unix machine), generate an RSA key, as shown in the following example. 2 Copy the public key id_rsa.pub to the Dell Networking system. 3 Disable password authentication if enabled. CONFIGURATION mode no ip ssh password-authentication enable 4 Enable RSA authentication in SSH. CONFIGURATION Mode ip ssh rsa-authentication enable 5 Install User's public key for RSA authentication in SSH. CONFIGURATION Mode ip ssh rsa-authentication my-authorized-keys flash://public_key Example of Generating RSA Keys admin@Unix_client#ssh-keygen -t rsa Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/admin/.ssh/id_rsa): /home/admin/.ssh/id_rsa already exists. Overwrite (y/n)? y Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /home/admin/.ssh/id_rsa. Your public key has been saved in /home/admin/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. Configuring Host-Based SSH Authentication Authenticate a particular host. This method uses SSH version 2. To configure host-based authentication, use the following commands. 1 Configure RSA Authentication. Refer to Using RSA Authentication of SSH. 2 Create shosts by copying the public RSA key to the file shosts in the directory .ssh, and write the IP address of the host to the file. cp /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub /.ssh/shosts Refer to the first example. 3 Create a list of IP addresses and usernames that are permitted to SSH in a file called rhosts. Refer to the second example. 4 Copy the file shosts and rhosts to the Dell Networking system. 5 Disable password authentication and RSA authentication, if configured CONFIGURATION mode or EXEC Privilege mode no ip ssh password-authentication or no ip ssh rsa-authentication 6 Enable host-based authentication. CONFIGURATION mode ip ssh hostbased-authentication enable 7 Bind shosts and rhosts to host-based authentication. CONFIGURATION mode Security 749