If your firewall is like mine (linksys) then it messes up the connection when the daemon forks if it attaches to a privileged port (< 1023). Try using ssh -P hostname to get the daemon to go to a non-privileged port behind the firewall.
-Wes On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:16:12AM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > I have four machines: a firewall, an internal server, and two workstations. > When I try an SSH connection from the firewall to the server, or from outside > the firewall using its port forwarding to go to the server, I get the error: > ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host > > I can connect just fine from the two workstations to the server, the server to > the workstations, or any of the internal boxes to the firewall. > The only changes that I've made since it last worked were the installation > of NIS on the server (which has since been removed), and some NFS changes. > > Any help would be appreciated. > Thanks, > Jason > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ***** Wes Byne Water Quality Modeling and Watershed Assessments [EMAIL PROTECTED] (voice):706-542-6041 http://watershed.engr.uga.edu *****
