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Catalyst 9300 - %SSH: Failed to encode IOS ASN.1 to SECSH format

Craig Hunt
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I am having an issue configuring SSH on a Catalyst 9300 switch. IOSXE 16.6.3.

After generating the RSA, SSH gets enabled but I see "%SSH: Failed to encode IOS ASN.1 to SECSH format" in the output of 'show ip ssh'.  I have tried regenerating the key multiple times with various modulus sizes (1024,2048,4096) without any luck.  I have tried re-entering the hostname and domain-name and it still doesn't work.  I have also tried reverting back and forth between ssh v1.99 and v2.

 

SSH Enabled - version 1.99
Authentication methods:publickey,keyboard-interactive,password
Authentication Publickey Algorithms:x509v3-ssh-rsa,ssh-rsa
Hostkey Algorithms:x509v3-ssh-rsa,ssh-rsa
Encryption Algorithms:aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
MAC Algorithms:hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1,hmac-sha1-96
KEX Algorithms:diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
Authentication timeout: 120 secs; Authentication retries: 3
Minimum expected Diffie Hellman key size : 2048 bits
IOS Keys in SECSH format(ssh-rsa, base64 encoded): myhostname.mydomain-name
%SSH: Failed to encode IOS ASN.1 to SECSH format

 

I've also noticed that on the "IOS Keys in SECSH format" line, it has my hostname.domain-name combintation.  On all the other switches in our environment (200+ of them) it shows as either blank or "TP-self-signed-".

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balaji.bandi
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i found some bug related kind  before not sure is this resolve yet

 

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCuu89120/?referring_site=bugquickviewredir

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Thanks @balaji.bandi. Unfortunately there is no workaround in that bug report. I am hoping there are some steps to resolve the issue.
I forgot to mention, too, that I have tried to zeroize the keys but still get the error after regenerating them.

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