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About This Document >>     Installing SSH Tectia Server >>     Getting Started >>     Configuration >>     Authentication >>         Server Authentication with Public Keys >>         Server Authentication with Certificates >>         User Authentication with Passwords         User Authentication with Public Keys >>         User Authentication with Certificates >>         Host-Based User Authentication >>         User Authentication with Keyboard-Interactive             Client Configuration             Server Configuration             Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) Submethod             RSA SecurID Submethod             RADIUS Submethod         User Authentication with GSSAPI >>     Application Tunneling >>     Troubleshooting >>     Man Pages     Advanced Options >>     Log Messages >>

User Authentication with Keyboard-Interactive

Keyboard-Interactive is a generic authentication method that can be used to implement different types of authentication mechanisms. Any currently supported authentication method that requires only the user's input can be performed with Keyboard-Interactive.

Currently, the following methods are supported:

• password
• PAM (see note below)
• RSA SecurID
• RADIUS

Methods that require passing some binary information, such as public-key authentication, cannot be used as submethods of Keyboard-Interactive. But public-key authentication, for example, can be used as an additional method alongside Keyboard-Interactive authentication.

Note: PAM has support for binary messages and client-side agents, and those cannot be supported with Keyboard-Interactive. However, currently there are no implementations that take advantage of the binary messages in PAM, and the specification may not be cast in stone yet.

Client Configuration

Server Configuration

Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) Submethod

RSA SecurID Submethod

RADIUS Submethod

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