You configure the SSH FTP mailbox using a Password and/or one of two
Public Key Authentication (PKA) methods. Your Trading Partner should specify the required
type(s) of authentication necessary to access your account.
To use PKA, you must create your authentication certificate (see Creating and providing your signing/encryption certificates) and then export an SSH FTP key to send to your trading
partner in either OpenSSH FTP Public Key or SSH FTP Public Key (IETF) format. See Certificate management and Exporting certificates. See also
Private key authentication.
- User Name
- Password
- Credentials for authentication to the remote server.
- Use Public Key Authentication
- Enables fields necessary to use public key authentication with a user certificate. See
Private key authentication.
- Exchange Certificates
- Displays the Certificate Exchange dialog box, which allows you to send your
certificates to your trading partner. See Exchanging certificates with your trading partner.
- Certificate Alias
- Certificate Password
- Credentials used to access the user certificate for PKA.
- Use Key From File
- Enables fields necessary to use PKA with an existing SSH private key file. This option
is only available when you select Use Public Key Authentication.
See Private key authentication.
- Private Key File
- Private Key Password
- Name of and the password protecting the SSH private key file to use for PKA.