Jay,
You are right only the password authentication mode is supported. But I am not sure what I mentioned implied the use of authorized_hosts?
Once the session key is generated and encrypted by the client (using the RSA public key of the server), the server receive it and decrypt it using its private key. Then user authentication takes place.
Please let me know directly if the use of an authorized_hosts file would work better for your environment.
Hope this helps.
Nicolas.
-----Original Message----- From: Igor Schein [mailto:igor@txc.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 4:31 PM To: Philip, Nicolas Cc: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: What about SSH
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 04:44:18PM -0700, Philip, Nicolas wrote:
Jay,
Mike is right, SecureAdmin 1.0 is a product sold separately that installs a
SSH
server (Secure Shell protocol) on your filer running Data ONTAP 5.3.x. It supports SSH 1.x clients only.
It uses RSA for key echange (Host/Server key up to 1024 bits) and DES (56
bits)
or 3DES for data encryption. Filer commands and your login name + password are therefore encrypted when passed over the network to your remote filer.
Hmm, when I was testing SecureAdmin, I determined that it supports password-only authentication. I called support and they confirmed it. If you're saying it's not so, then I should be able to create authorized_hosts file on the filer, right? Where would it be located?
Thanks
Igor