Setup: Debian 5.0.4 setup in VMWare OpenSSL 0.9.8m compiled from source OpenSSH 5.4p1 compiled from source Problem: I CAN connect (in my lab) to the VM through puTTY. I CAN connect (in my lab) to the VM from another VM. (A cloned copy of the first one.) I CAN connect to the VM from another VM with the bandwidth artificially turned town to 765 kilobits (yes, bits) per sec and 1000ms latency. I sent a copy of the VM to a US military unit in another country to test it out.....and I can NOT connect...kinda. It connects. It runs through the WHOLE handshake and then stalls at this debug message: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT ....it then hangs. The sysadmin at the other end can connect to the VM with puTTY. We just can't connect from here to there. Any idea? I already turned off UseDNS in sshd_config. Wireshark shows no continuing traffic. Is there anything else I can do to troubleshoot this further? Thanks in advance. ~Warren