Create an ssh host key, Summary, The procedure – American Power Conversion AIRACPA4000 User Manual

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ADDENDUM

NetworkA

IR ACPA4000

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Create an SSH Host Key

Summary

This procedure is optional. If you select SSH encryption, but do not create a
host key, the Network Management Card generates a 768-bit RSA key
when it reboots. Host keys for SSH that are created with the APC Security
Wizard are 1024-bit RSA keys.

• Use the APC Security Wizard to create a host key, which is encrypted

and stored in a file with

.p15

extension.

• Load the host key onto the Network Management Card.

The procedure

Create the host key.

Perform these steps. (Click

Next

to move from

screen to screen.)

1. If the APC Security Wizard is not already installed on your computer,

install it by running the installation program

APC Security Wizard.exe

from the NetworkAIR PA Portable Air Conditioner Utility CD.

2. On the Windows

Start

menu, select

Programs

, then

APC Security

Wizard

, to start the Wizard program.

3. On the screen labeled Step 1, select

SSH Server Host Key

as the

type of file to create.

4. Enter a name for the file that will contain the host key. The file name

must have a

.p15

extension. By default, the file will be created in the

installation folder

C:\Program Files\American Power

Conversion\APC Security Wizard

.

5. Click

Next

to generate the Host Key.

6. The summary screen displays the SSH version 1 and version 2

fingerprints, which are unique for each host key and identify the host
key. After you load the host key onto the Network Management Card,

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