To upload ssh server host rfc4716 format keys – Lantronix XPORT PROTM 900-560 User Manual

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10: Security Settings

XPort Pro User Guide

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Table 10-2

SSH Server Host Keys Settings - Upload Keys Method

6.

Click Submit.

To upload SSH server host RFC4716 format keys:

1.

Use any program that can produce keys in the RFC4716 format.

2.

Use ssh-keygen to convert the format to OpenSSH.

ssh-keygen -i -f RFC4716_file > output_file

Note:

If the keys do not exist, follow directions under

To create new SSH server host

keys (on page 86)

.

3.

Select SSH on the menu bar and SSH Server: Host Keys at the top of the page. The SSH
Server Host Keys page appears.

SSH Server: Host Keys
Settings (continued)

Description

Private Key

Enter the path and name of the existing private key you
want to upload or use the Browse button to select the key.
Be sure the private key will not be compromised in transit.
This implies the data is uploaded over some kind of secure
private network.

Public Key

Enter the path and name of the existing public key you want
to upload or use the Browse button to select the key.

Key Type

Select a key type to use for the new key:

RSA = use this key with the SSH1 and SSH2 protocols.

DSA = use this key with the SSH2 protocol.

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