SSH2
The SSH2 category of the Global Options dialog allows you to configure your SSH2 public-key and agent settings.
See Set Up Public-Key Authentication for details on setting up public-key authentication on both the local machine and the SSH2 server.
Public key group
Use identity or certificate file
Selecting this option instructs SecureFX to use the
identity file or PKCS #12 file stored
on the local system as your method of authentication. To use an existing
file, enter the full path to the file or click on the browse button to open a file browser
to locate the file. For more information, see Set Up Public-Key Authentication.
Advanced group
Add keys to agent
Check this option to enable the SSH2 agent. Agents are programs that work in the background gathering information or performing small processing tasks. In SecureFX, the implemented agent temporarily holds private keys for use with public-key authentication to multiple remote hosts.
Enable OpenSSH agent forwarding
Check this option to use the agent to connect to a remote machine through another remote machine. If you are running integrated with SecureCRT, this option can be overridden on a per-session basis from the Session Options/Connection/SSH2/Advanced category.
Enable deprecated GSSAPI
Check this option to have SecureFX first attempt to connect using GSSAPI with MIC and then, if that is not successful, try regular GSSAPI. If this box is not checked, SecureFX will only try to connect using GSSAPI with MIC.
Note: When using Kerberos host and user authentication via GSSAPI, the connection could be vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack. Using GSSAPI with MIC eliminates this risk. Although the GSSAPI method has been deprecated, GSSAPI with MIC is not yet widely supported. SecureFX allows you to attempt to connect using GSSAPI with MIC if it is available on the server.
Cache session password
When this option is set, passwords will be cached while SecureFX, SecureCRT®, or the Activator is running so that when re-connecting to that session or connecting in one of the other applications, the password does not have to be re-entered.