On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 12:36:43PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > I'm configuring an OpenBSD firewall in front of my Debian box. Current > problem is getting compatible versions of ssh on both boxes. > > I can ssh FROM OpenBSD to Debian, but not TO OpenBSD from Debian. > Error message on attempting OpenBSD connection: > > Disconnecting: Bad packet length 1349676916. > > ...on the OBSD side, I get the following in /var/log/authlog: > > Jul 31 05:32:37 jung sshd[32168]: Protocol major versions differ for > 192.168.0.32: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH-2.1 vs. SSH-1.5-OpenSSH-1.2.3 > > I obviously need to get compatible versions of ssh, but I'm not sure > which end to even up, or (for the OBSD side) how to do it. My > understanding is that OpenSSH 1.2.3 is licensed freely, that SSH-2 is > not, and that there isn't a free version of OpenSSH-2 available for > Debian.
Solution:
On the OpenBSD box, change the /etc/sshd_config line:
Protocol 2,1
To:
Protocol 1,2
...apparently it tries the first-listed protocol first.
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