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2 Comments on “What are two enhancements of SSHv2 over SSHv1?

  1. Sidza says:

    Cisco IOS SSH Version 2 (SSHv2) supports keyboard-interactive and password-based authentication methods. The SSHv2 Enhancements for RSA Keys feature also supports RSA-based public key authentication for the client and the server.

    RSA based user authentication uses a private/public key pair associated with each user for authentication. The user must generate a private/public key pair on the client and configure a public key on the Cisco IOS SSH server to complete the authentication




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  2. Arty says:

    The answer stated by Sidza is wrong. Here is the answer from Cisco’s website:
    Secure Shell Version 2 Enhancements
    The SSH Version 2 Enhancements feature includes a number of additional capabilities such as supporting Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)-Aware SSH, SSH debug enhancements, and Diffie-Hellman (DH) group exchange support.

    Source: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/sec_usr_ssh/configuration/15-s/sec-usr-ssh-15-s-book/sec-secure-shell-v2.html




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