Can you ssh to some other system and ssh in turn from there? -- hugh At 02:11 PM 8/12/03 -0400, you wrote: >I have been getting the following error on my Debian server running Open >SSH 3.4p1-1 > >ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host > > >Now, here's the interesting thing, it only happens from certain systems. >In particular, it happens from my office where the IS Dept. folks, in >their wisdom, have installed some kind of NT firewall. And, it happens >from bumpy.braille.uwo.ca, and I have no idea what kind of firewalling >may be going on between Bumpy and the external net at uwo.ca. > >But, it doesn't happen from my newly installed Red Hat Severn system >running on my portable machine, and it doesn't happen from >speakup.octothorp.org. > >It gets even more interesting: > >My office machine and my portable are both running fresh installs of Red >Hat Severn. So, they should perform the same, right? Unless some >intervening element is changing things? > >I believe something is being stripped. If I do -v -v I get: > >debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----END' >debug3: key_read: missing keytype >debug1: identity file /home/janina/.ssh/id_dsa type 2 >ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host > >Let me repeat, this is from the same Red Hat installation that is on my >portable which has no problems. So, I'm quite convinced something >inbetween--very probably some kind of filtering rule on a firewall--is >doing something to the "white space." > >Given that I can't make changes on intervening systems, what's the >resolution? How do I downscale the security checking without >compromising myself too much? > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
