Secure Shell or SSH is a network protocol that allows secure communication. For most it is a preferred alternative to Telnet when available. SSH can use automatically or manually generated keys for authentication.

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Cisco switch generates two pairs of keys

The problem is: I generate a key pair on a switch and when i use: show crypto key mypubkey rsa it shows two keys. A geral-purpose key and an encryption key. The general-purpose key is the key i ...
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What is the OID needed to generate a ssh crypto key on a Cisco switch or router running IOS using snmpset?

I have a few routers and switches that were deployed to remote locations and the crypto key was not generated before they were shipped, they are working and I have SNMPv3 write access to them but I ...
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How to install SSL key and certificate on SG 300-10 (and SSH functionality)

How to install our own SSL key and certificate on a SG-300-10 switch? The manual simply doesn't seem to bear much resemblance to what's available in the web interface. According to the manual, one ...
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Backing up Cisco router configuration - including ssh keys

We have some Cisco 2821, 2921 and 1921 routers in our shop. I can back up and restore the configurations by copying out or in the startup-config file, but what about the keys for ssh? I don't want ...
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how to block ssh tunneling traffic?

if someone were to set up an ssh tunnel to/from work or home, is there a way to prevent future SSH tunneling traffic? I understand that websense can block traffic, but users who use ssh tunneling can ...
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How do I set up secure remote access to my home lab network?

My current setup is the following: ATT ISP ---- ATT wireless router ---- cisco 890 wireless router My cisco 890 is for internet and remote VPN access from home to my company, however, I don't have ...
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Cisco IOS built-in SSH client default version

You issue the command ssh 192.168.97.97 from a IOS device and the destination IOS router/switch SSH server is accepting both SSH versions. Being that you did not specify a version to use on the SSH ...
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Why do I get a timeout when I connect via ssh to a Cisco ASA, even though management and ACLs are configured?

I set up a Cisco ASA 5505 8.4(3), and specified ssh version 2 enabled ssh access to the WAN interface via ssh <my network> <mask> <WAN interface> allowed ssh from my network via an ...