Comodo Dome Firewall

Note: SSH access grants access to important information and configuration data which are inaccessible via Dome Firewall's GUI interfaces. Administrators should provide SSH access and authorization with caution.

Enable Secure Shell Access

Allow or deny SSH access to the firewall device.

Support SSH protocol version 1 (required only for old clients)

Select this option only if you are using old SSH client that do not support the newer versions of the SSH protocol.

Allow TCP forwarding

Select this option to allow other protocols like TCP to tunnel through SSH.

Allow password based authentication

Select this option if you plan to use password authentication for admins who login to the management console over SSH.

Allow public key based authentication

Select this option if you plan to use public key type authentication for admins who login to the management console over SSH. As a prerequisite, The public keys need to be added to the file /root/.ssh/authorized_keys.

You can change the password for SSH access from external network.

Current Password

Enter the currently used password for the administrator account to login to the shell for administration.

New Password: and Confirm Password

Enter the new password to replace the current password and re-enter the same in the 'Confirm Password' field.

Note: The new password should be at least eight characters long and could not be easily guessed. They should contain a mixture of upper and lower case letters, numbers and special characters.