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Cisco Ssh 1.25

If you have a device still running SSH version 1.25:

From a PC or another device:

Secure Shell (SSH) is a secure protocol used to remotely access and manage network devices. Cisco SSH 1.25 refers to the SSH version 1.25 implementation on Cisco devices. This guide provides a step-by-step configuration guide for setting up SSH on a Cisco device running SSH version 1.25. cisco ssh 1.25

Replace <device_ip> with the IP address of your Cisco device.

This restricts the line to only accept SSH. (Telnet is disabled by this command, which is good). If you have a device still running SSH version 1

MyRouter(config-line)# exec-timeout 5 0

Enable the SSH protocol on your Cisco device: Replace &lt;device_ip&gt; with the IP address of your

Expected Output: You should see SSH Enabled - version 2.0 . If you see version 1.5, go back to Step 2.

This generates keys and enables the SSH server automatically.

In show ip ssh output, you may see SSH Enabled - version 1.5 . Version 1.5 is an implementation of SSHv1. If you see this, your device is operating in insecure mode. Switch to version 2 immediately using the command above.