First you have to make sure you are running a version of code that has encryption. See my previous article for instructions on how to upgrade the code. Once your code is upgraded, here are the steps to enable SSH on a Cisco 2950.
- Crypto Key Generate Rsa Cisco 2960 Download
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- Cisco 2960 X Configuration Guide
Sep 20, 2010 This tutorial demonstrates how to quickly and easily enable SSH on a new Cisco router or switch. This will enable secure terminal sessions to the device without the risks associated with plain. Jan 01, 2020 I an getting notification from our monitoring software that the SSL certificate on one of our switches (Cisco 2960) is about to expired. 12 replies Cisco. I then ran the crypto key generate rsa command to generate another key pair and still got the same end date. I then checked the version of my other switches in the network to see.
Generate An SSH Key
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 | switch-2950-1.tuxlabs.com#show crypto key mypubkey rsa Usage:General Purpose Key 30819F300D06092A864886F70D010101050003818D0030818902818100E6AA25 8DB58145F882CD0BC62F5123AB0064A6A09BD636FA854D82B1510A313A00606E 00F601F1ECF64FCC0F516E73E80E09619CCCE91B5C3D59194803B80504AC2633 9D0A32E80196F5725CE9FFF4A5C27FC4698DE75BF057380422D0CCFE58936F4E 5BE394F43BDED1ACDC1BF1C95E71ABD534F1C21ECDA47B7E72D40C346B0203010001 Key name:switch-2950-1.tuxlabs.com.tuxlabs.com.server Key Data: 307C300D06092A864886F70D0101010500036B0030680261009F33542ECB6FB6 7A19D04D929FEB3805145D39C9DB6CAB5AC1A26214FEFFBCDE6E5FA98565BEA6 1A888A92C7D1ED2E DB8D3894 D972C9AE853DFB988261D5180F8A994C9293C49C 0E946A950F89EA0845E4DCB774F5A23CCDC5938C CD01C6C14D0203010001 |
Wow 1993, feels good to be a time machine 🙂
Configure the allowed number of retries
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 | Enter configuration commands,one per line.Endwith CNTL/Z. switch-2950-1.tu(config-line)#login local switch-2950-1.tu(config-line)#line vty 5 15 switch-2950-1.tu(config-line)#transport input ssh switch-2950-1.tuxlabs(config)#exit Building configuration... switch-2950-1.tuxlabs.com# |
Configuring A Username
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When you’re running telnet you don’t need a username. But when you are using SSH, you do.
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2 4 6 8 10 12 | The authenticity of host'switch-2950-1.tuxlabs.com (192.168.1.2)'can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is 21:6b:44:bb:24:ff:ef:14:9d:f2:00:44:64:3d:3b:f8. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added 'switch-2950-1.tuxlabs.com,192.168.1.2' (RSA) to the list of known hosts. switch-2950-1.tuxlabs.com#show privilege switch-2950-1.tuxlabs.com#exit ➜~ |
Cisco 2960 X Configuration Guide
Awesome ! That concludes this short tutorial.