Displaying Or Exporting The Local Host Public Key - HP 12500 Series Configuration Manual

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Step
1.
Enter system view.
2.
Create a local asymmetric key
pair.
NOTE:
Key pairs created with the public-key local create command are saved automatically and can survive
system reboots.

Displaying or exporting the local host public key

In some applications, such as SSH, to allow your local device to be authenticated by a peer device
through digital signature, you must display or export the local host public key, which will then be
specified on the peer device.
To display or export the local host public key, choose one of the following methods:
Displaying and recording the host public key information
Displaying the host public key in a specific format and saving it to a file
Exporting the host public key in a specific format to a file
If your local device functions to authenticate the peer device, you must specify the peer public key on the
local device. For more information, see
Displaying and recording the host public key information
After you display the host public key, record the key information for manually configuration of the key on
the peer device.
To display the local public key:
Task
Display the local RSA public keys.
Display the local DSA host public
key.
NOTE:
The display public-key local rsa public command displays both the RSA server and host public keys.
Recording the RSA host public key is enough.
Displaying the host public key in a specific format and saving it to a file
After you display the host public key in a specify format, save the key to a file, and transfer this file to the
peer device.
To display the local host public key in a specific format:
Step
1.
Enter system view.
Command
system-view
public-key local create { dsa | rsa }
"Specifying the peer public key on the local
Command
display public-key local rsa public [ | { begin
| exclude | include } regular-expression ]
display public-key local dsa public [ | { begin
| exclude | include } regular-expression ]
Command
system-view
157
Remarks
N/A
By default, no asymmetric key pair
is created.
device."
Remarks
Available in any view.
Available in any view.
Remarks
N/A

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