Hey Scooter! You have to allow for your in.identtest service in host.allow and hosts.deny files. I don't remember what port this uses, but ssh needs it to exchange keys, etc. Gene >Folks, > >Make a long story short, I had put together a Debian box I was planning >to press into service as a firewall box. I for curiosity sake installed >the Bastille package. Seems this might have caused me problems or its at >least the only thing I can point to as the possible cause. > >When trying to ssh into that machine from any other machine that is in >the hosts file, I get the following error. > >ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed > >I am not sure what this error is and haven't found the likely cause. Any >ideas? > >Again the machine that is causing the problems does know about all other >machines in the network. Any thoughts appreciated and I'm sure its >something really simple I'm overlooking. >That's my punishment for starting a project and then putting it off for >a few months then to go back to it and having a bad memory.<grin> > >Scott > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup