On 8 February 2011 04:20, Asif Iqbal <vadud3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is it possible to make it work as default for all hosts except the jumphost? > > I tried to replace the remotehost with `*' and then tried to fresh > start, like below I suppose you cannot do that since host * provides defaults for all hosts irrespective of the order. You can try to add an empty ProxyCommand to jumphost.