Matt
05-20-2001, 02:39 AM
Hi,
After using FTP & Telnet for a while (no one's going to sniff my network, right :| ), I have decided to increase my security measures and log into my FQ account via SSH. I've downloaded the TSSH extensions for TeraTerm Pro, installed them (work fine), logged into account via plaintext username/ password and run ssh-keygen from command prompt. I type in a passphrase (should it be my account password?-- I tried this and a unique pass). I save the file (presumabely private key) as ssh_key and a public key ssh_key.pub is created. I FTP to my account, download ssh_key and ssh_key.pub in binary mode (ascii doesn't work) and plunk it into the TeraTerm program folder.
Next, I attempt a connection using SSH. I don't want a cleartext username/ password submitted, so I select RSA and navigate to the TeraTerm folder and select ssh_key. Type my username and passphrase (the passphrase I've used to create the key-- also tried account password). It doesn't complain until after the servers have rejected the login. After searching the Aota tutorials and Forum, I still am not able to resolve the problem. ssh -V indicates that the installed SSH does not support RSAREF (does this matter in this case?). Maybe I missed a basic rundown of the procedure to go through?
Thanks in advance for any help
-Matt
UPDATE: Found a sentence buried in a post and fixed it- copied ssh_pub to authorized_keys on the server as suggested:
It turns out to use RSA one needs to first create a key pair and then copy the public key to a file called authorized_keys from www.aota.net/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000204-1.html (http://www.aota.net/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000204-1.html)
[This message has been edited by Matt (edited 05-20-01@03:01 am)]
After using FTP & Telnet for a while (no one's going to sniff my network, right :| ), I have decided to increase my security measures and log into my FQ account via SSH. I've downloaded the TSSH extensions for TeraTerm Pro, installed them (work fine), logged into account via plaintext username/ password and run ssh-keygen from command prompt. I type in a passphrase (should it be my account password?-- I tried this and a unique pass). I save the file (presumabely private key) as ssh_key and a public key ssh_key.pub is created. I FTP to my account, download ssh_key and ssh_key.pub in binary mode (ascii doesn't work) and plunk it into the TeraTerm program folder.
Next, I attempt a connection using SSH. I don't want a cleartext username/ password submitted, so I select RSA and navigate to the TeraTerm folder and select ssh_key. Type my username and passphrase (the passphrase I've used to create the key-- also tried account password). It doesn't complain until after the servers have rejected the login. After searching the Aota tutorials and Forum, I still am not able to resolve the problem. ssh -V indicates that the installed SSH does not support RSAREF (does this matter in this case?). Maybe I missed a basic rundown of the procedure to go through?
Thanks in advance for any help
-Matt
UPDATE: Found a sentence buried in a post and fixed it- copied ssh_pub to authorized_keys on the server as suggested:
It turns out to use RSA one needs to first create a key pair and then copy the public key to a file called authorized_keys from www.aota.net/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000204-1.html (http://www.aota.net/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000204-1.html)
[This message has been edited by Matt (edited 05-20-01@03:01 am)]