Software:
SecureCRT 3.0 Van Dyke Technologies
Operating Systems:
Windows 95/98/2000/ME/NT/XP
Type of Software:
Commercial product for United States and Canada only. 30 Day Free Trial
Authenfication:
RSA and Password
Instructions:
Log into your account
control panel and select the SSH Icon. If you recieve a prompt that your
account is not SSH enabled, please follow the instructions for having OnTimeHost
Support set that up for you.
Once SSH has been enabled,
the SSH manager will be displayed. Keep this screen open for later user.
Authentification =
You can select password or RSA. If you select password go to step
10, for RSA go to step 6.
RSA
Authentification: When you select the option to use the RSA Authentification
you will be prompted to run the RSA Key Generation wizard to create an
identity file. Select Yes.
Select the option to
"Use Global" and then click on the "Create Identity File" button.
Follow the instructions
for the RSA Key Generation Wizard. When prompted you can enter a passphrase
and comment that will be displayed each time you log in. Use RSA key length
of 1024 bits.
In your SSH Manager
in your account control panel input your RSA key you just generated in
the specified text box. This should be in a file called something like
identity.pub in the same directory as you installed SecureCRT. Open this
file in a text editor and copy and paste the contents into your control
panel. Be sure not to change anything when you copy the key, if anything
is changed, your key will not work. Proceed to step 11.
Password
Authentification: Select the option to use Password as the authentification
type. In your SSH Manager in your account control panel you can leave the
text area on the SSH manager where you are prompted for the RSA key blank.
Proceed to step 11.
Click
on "Submit" in your SSH Manager.
On the following screen
in your SSH Manager, input your access addresses. These will be the domain(s)
of your ISP, i.e. *.earthlink.net, *.mindspring.com or your static IP address
(DSL). Submit these changes.
Wait about 10 minutes
for the changes to take affect and then you may log in using the profile
you created in SecureCRT above to your account. If you chose to use RSA
Authentification you will prompted to enter the passphrase you selected
during the RSA key generation process. If you chose to use Password Authentification,
you will be prompted for your Account Password.
