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Known hosts

SSH, SCP, and SFTP adapters use functions that verify the encryption key when opening a connection. The following table describes optional elements that you can use in both adapter configurations and dynamic targets to verify the encryption key when opening a connection.


 Optional elements for verifying the encryption key

The following figure shows an XML sample using the optional elements for verifying the encryption key.

XML sample configuration for known hosts

...
<target>
  <host>test.target1.com</host>
  <port>22</port>
  <user-name>user1</user-name>
  <password>password1</password>
  <prompt>user1$</prompt>
  <known-hosts-config>/path/to/known_hosts</known-hosts-config>
  <allow-unknown-hosts>false</allow-unknown-hosts>
  <preferred-pk-algorithm>ssh\-dss</preferred-pk-algorithm>
</target>
... 

 

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