VoyenceControl 4.1: What SSH Ciphers are supported for device communication?

Products

• VMware

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - NCM

Resolution

What SSH Ciphers are supported for device communication in VoyenceControl 4.1?

The following SSH Ciphers are supported for device communication in VoyenceControl 4.1 (see Note statement):

• AES (Rijndael) - 256, 192, or 128-bit SDCTR or CBC (SSH-2 only)
   
• Arcfour (RC4) - 256 or 128-bit stream cipher (SSH-2 only)
   
• Blowfish - 256-bit SDCTR (SSH-2 only) or 128-bit CBC
   
• Triple-DES - 168-bit SDCTR (SSH-2 only) or CBC
   
• Single-DES - 56-bit CBC (see below for SSH-2)

Additional Information

Both SSH version 1 and 2 are supported. The version is dynamically detected and negotiated during connection.