> Of course! ssh is for encrypted communcations but it requires smarts on > both end of the connection. telnet doesn't have those smarts. > Considering that the error message is "protocol mismatch", I'm not sure > what everybody else is expecting. It does tell you that the ssh server > is listening, but that you're not trying to talk ssh to it. Telnet is > a totally different protocol from ssh. Just because they're both > normally for terminal communications doesn't mean that they'll > interoperate with each other. Thanks everyone, Thanks Ed for the explanation :-) -- v2sw6PYUhw5ln6pr5Pck4ma7u7TBw5m6l7Ri2e6t5Xb5Oen7g6AMa28s5Mr6p7 hackerkey.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list