Asus GigaX2024SX User Manual

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ip ssh crypto host-key generate

e the host key pair (i.e., public and private).

te [dsa | rsa]

pe.

Generates both the DSA and RSA key pairs.

Priv

Usage

ip ssh

save host-key command to save the host key pair to flash memory.
• Some SSH client programs automatically add the public key to the known
hosts file as part of the configuration process. Otherwise, you must manually
create a known hosts file and place the host public key in it.
• The SSH server uses this host key to negotiate a session key and encryption
method with the client trying to connect to it.

Example

Use this command to generat
Syntax
ip ssh crypto host-key genera

dsa – DSA key(Version 2) type.

rsa – RSA key (Version 1)ty

Default Setting

Command Mode

ileged Exec

Command

• This command stores the host key pair in memory (i.e., RAM). Use the

Related Commands
ip ssh crypto zeroize (4-54)
ip ssh save host-key (4-55)
ip ssh crypto zeroize
This command to clear the host key from memory (i.e. RAM).
Syntax
ip ssh crypto zeroize
[dsa | rsa]

dsa – DSA key type.
rsa – RSA key type.

Default Setting
Clears both the DSA and RSA key.
Command Mode
Privileged Exec
Command Usage
• This command clears the host key from volatile memory (RAM). Use the no
ip ssh save host-key
command to clear the host key from flash memory.
• The SSH server must be disabled before you can execute this command.
Example

Related Commands
ip ssh crypto host-key generate (4-53)
ip ssh save host-key (4-54)
no ip ssh server (4-55)

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