SSH Client Authentication

The password authentication method is supported for a remote SSH client attempting to login to the 7100-Series SSH server.

There are two allowed authentication methods supported for a remote SSH client attempting to login to the S- and K-Series SSH server:

• Password – The SSH client authenticates using a username and password.
• Public key – The SSH client authenticates using public key. This key can either be configured locally (authkey) or provided using an X.509 certificate (PKI).

On the S- and K-Series password authentication method is enabled by default. The public key authentication method is disabled by default. Allowed authentication methods can be configured using the set ssh server allowed-auth command.