On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 21:24 -0600, Ryan Lum wrote: > Sorry about being unclear. > > The issue is I cannot create an openssh session from an tiger box to and > centos box. The ssh connection actually connects because it will go ahead > and add the id to known_host, however it takes very a long time. Try NiftyTelnet (despite its name it does SSH) http://www.lysator.liu.se/~jonasw/freeware/niftyssh/ and see if it works.