Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual

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Chapter 28: Secure Shell (SSH)

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Section IV: Security

3. Type 2 to select Host Key ID.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter Host Key ID [0 to 65535] -> 0

Enter a host key ID. The default is Not Defined. Enter a value that
you configured in the encryption menus. See Chapter 26,
”Encryption Keys” on page 547.

4. Type 3 to select Server Key ID.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter Server vKey ID [0 to 65535 -> 0

Enter a server key ID. The default is Not Defined. Enter a value that
you configured in the encryption menus. See Chapter 26,
”Encryption Keys” on page 547.

5. Type 4 to select Server Key Expiry Time to set the time, in hours, for

the server key to expire.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter Server Key Expiry Time [0 to 5] -> 0

This timer determines how often the server key is regenerated. A
server key is regenerated for security purposes. A server key is
only valid for the time period configured in the Server Key Expiry
(Expiration) Time timer. Allied Telesyn recommends you set this
field to 1. With this setting, a new key is generated every hour.

The default is 0 hours which means the server key never expires.
The range is 0 to 5 hours.

6. Type 5 to select Login Timeout.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter Login Timeout [60 to 600] -> 180

This is the time it takes to release the SSH server from an
incomplete SSH client connection. Enter a time in seconds. The
default is 180 seconds (3 minutes). The range is 60 to 600 seconds.

7. Type 1 to select SSH Server Status to enable or disable the SSH server.

The following prompt is displayed:

SSH Server Status [E-Enabled, D-Disabled] ->

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