https://thebin.net/tags/telnet/Recent content in Telnet on the binHugoen-USMon, 08 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://thebin.net/2013/07/dell-powerconnect-6200-enable-ssh-and-disable-telnet/Mon, 08 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://thebin.net/2013/07/dell-powerconnect-6200-enable-ssh-and-disable-telnet/<p>Most modern switches include the ability to use SSH as a remote communications protocol.  Here we will enable that functionality and disable telnet on the Dell Powerconnect 6248 switches.</p> <h2 id="enable-ssh">Enable SSH</h2> <p>In order to enable SSH we need to generate the keys which will be used by SSH to encrypt the traffic.</p> <div class="codeblock" data-lang="text"> <div class="codeblock__bar"> <span class="codeblock__lang">text</span> <button type="button" class="codeblock__copy" aria-label="Copy code"> <span class="codeblock__copy-label">Copy</span> </button> </div> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-text" data-lang="text"><span class="line"><span class="cl">console&gt;enable </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">console# configure </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">(config)# crypto key generate rsa </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">(config)# crypto key generate dsa </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">(config)# ip ssh server </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">(config)# exit </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">console# copy running-config startup-config</span></span></code></pre></div> </div> <h2 id="disable-telnet">Disable Telnet</h2> <p>Depending on your config you might not need to disable this, but if it is enabled you should disable it.</p>