Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM
Fixed In:
17.5.0
Opened: Dec 15, 2023 Severity: 3-Major
The password prompt is not displayed when trying SSH to localhost in Non FIPS mode
SSH to localhost will not work in Non FIPS mode
- Create test_user, # tmsh create auth user test_user password abcde shell bash session-limit -1 partition-access replace-all-with { all-partitions { role admin } } # tmsh save sys config - Try login localhost using test_user,
- SSH-RSA key deprecated in FIPS mode and supported in non-FIPS mode. - Copying ssh-rsa key to ssh_known_hosts to connect to the local host in non-fips mode. - FIPS mode uses the ECDSA key present in ssh_known_hosts to connect to the local host
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