Aug 01, 2012 The benefit of using a CSR is that the private key never leaves the client. Below, We provide the necessary steps to generate a CSR on a Cisco ASA. Generate Key Pair. ASA(config)#domain-name cisco. With this command we define domain-name to be used when generating crypto keys. ASA(config)#crypto key generate rsa label cisco modulus 1024. With this command we create crypto keys on asa, naming it 'cisco' and also defining key size with modulus '1024'. ASA(config)#ssh 0 0 inside. Cisco ASA - How do I generate a CSR? We provide the necessary steps to generate a CSR on a Cisco ASA. Generate Key Pair. (config)#crypto key generate rsa. Use this command to generate RSA key pairs for your Cisco device (such as a router). RSA keys are generated in pairs-one public RSA key and one private RSA key. If your router already has RSA keys when you issue this command, you will be warned and prompted to replace the existing keys with new keys.
Update:Securing Cisco ASA SSH server
Enabling SSH has been covered here but it only talked about routers and switches. How about Cisco ASA? Today, I had to learn how to do it using CLI and not ASDM since I couldn’t find where the equivalent of aaa authentication ssh console LOCAL and crypto key gen rsa mod 4096 in the ASDM. Since I am really new to Cisco ASA, I am not well-versed in issuing commands under CLI. If you are in a similar situation, I suggest to buy this book. Having said that, I’ve always used ASDM when checking out rules, NATs, and etc but I can understand some of the CLI config. Without further ado, here’s how to enable SSH on a Cisco ASA.
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As you know, it is a good idea to enable SSH and disable Telnet. Since ASA does not enable SSH and/or Telnet by default, you have less to worry about. But if you have to choose between them, of course pick the SSH.
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Q: I have a Cisco switch in my network, which I can access by hooking up a console cable directly to the device. I like to access the switch remotely using SSH. How can I enable ssh on my Cisco 3750 Catalyst Switch?
A: By default, when you configure a Cisco device, you have to use the console cable and connect directly to the system to access it. Follow the steps mentioned below, which will enable SSH access to your Cisco devices. Once you enable SSH, you can access it remotely using PuTTY or any other SSH client.
1. Setup Management IP
First, make sure you have performed basic network configurations on your switch. For example, assign default gateway, assign management ip-address, etc. If this is already done, skip to the next step.
In the following example, the management ip address is set as 192.168.101.2 in the 101 VLAN. The default gateway points to the firewall, which is 192.168.101.1
2. Set hostname and domain-name
Next, make sure the switch has a hostname and domain-name set properly.
3. Generate the RSA Keys
The switch or router should have RSA keys that it will use during the SSH process. So, generate these using crypto command as shown below.
Also, if you are running on an older Cisco IOS image, it is highly recommended that you upgrade to latest Cisco IOS.
4. Setup the Line VTY configurations
Setup the following line vty configuration parameters, where input transport is set to SSH. Set the login to local, and password to 7.
If you have not set the console line yet, set it to the following values.
5. Create the username password
If you don’t have an username created already, do it as shown below.
Crypto Key Generate Rsa Command
Note: If you don’t have the enable password setup properly, do it now.
Make sure the password-encryption service is turned-on, which will encrypt the password, and when you do “sh run”, you’ll seee only the encrypted password and not clear-text password.
5. Verify SSH access
From the switch, if you do ‘sh ip ssh’, it will confirm that the SSH is enabled on this cisco device.
After the above configurations, login from a remote machine to verify that you can ssh to this cisco switch.
Crypto Key Generate Rsa 1024
In this example, 192.168.101.2 is the management ip-address of the switch.
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