Moxa UC-8410A-LX [12/86] Cellular module

UC-8410A Series Linux Software Getting Started

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ATTENTION

Rekey SSHD regularly

In order to secure your system, we suggest doing a regular SSH

-rekey, as shown in the following steps.

cd /etc/ssh

sudo rm –rf

ssh_host_dsa_key ssh_host_ecdsa_key ssh_host_rsa_key

ssh_host_dsa_key.pub ssh_host_ecdsa_key.pub ssh_host_rsa_key.pub

sudo ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key

sudo ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key

sudo ssh-keygen -t ecdsa –f. /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key

When prompted for a passp

hrase, leave the passphrase empty and press Enter.

Restart SSH

moxa@Moxa:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart

For more information about SSH, refer to the following link.

https://wiki.debian.org/SSH

Windows Users

NOTE

Do NOT apply these steps to the UC

-8410A-LX itself. These steps apply to the Windows PC you are using to

connect to the

UC-8410A-LX.

Take the following steps from your Windows PC.

Click on the link, http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

to download PuTTY

(free software) to set up an SSH console for the UC-8410A-LX in a Windows environment. The following figure

shows a simple example of the configuration that is required:

Type in the

username and password in the console that opens up to establish an SSH connection with the

UC-8410A-LX.