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Comments and suggestions concerning this book should be mailed to gmourani@videotron.ca © Copyright 1999-2000 Gerhard Mourani and Open Network Architecture ® 184 # SSH 2.0 Client Configuration File *:         Port                              22         Ciphers                           blowfish           Compression                         yes         IdentityFile                      identification         AuthorizationFile                 authorization         RandomSeedFile random_seed         VerboseMode                         no         ForwardAgent                         no         ForwardX11                        no         PasswordPrompt "%U's password: "         Ssh1Compatibility                no         Ssh1AgentCompatibility none         NoDelay                           yes         KeepAlive                         yes         QuietMode                         no This tells ssh2_config file to set itself up for this particular configuration setup with: Port 22 This option “Port” specifies on which port number ssh connect on the remote host. The default port is 22. Ciphers blowfish This option “Ciphers” specifies what cipher should be used for encrypting sessions. The blowfish use 64-bit blocks and keys of up to 448 bits. Compression yes This option “Compression” specifies whether to use compression during sessions. Compression will improve communication speed and files transfer. IdentityFile identification This option “IdentityFile” specifies an alternate name of the user's identification file to read. AuthorizationFile authorization This option “AuthorizationFile” specifies an alternate name of the user's authorization file to read. RandomSeedFile random_seed This option “RandomSeedFile” specifies an alternate name of the user's random seed file to read. VerboseMode no This option “VerboseMode” specifies ssh2 to print debugging messages about its progress. This option is helpful in debugging connection, authentication, and configuration problems. ForwardAgent no This option “ForwardAgent” specifies whether connection authentication agent (if any) should be forwarded to the remote machine. ForwardX11 no This option “ForwardX11” is for people that use the Xwindow GUI and want to automatically redirect X11 sessions to the remote machine. Since we setup a server and don’t have GUI installed on it, we can safety turn this option off. PasswordPrompt "%U's password: "