Greg, Thank you for the tip. I changed the /etc/hosts.deny to now not include ALL:PARANOID and then it all started to work.
I very much appreciate the help! Regards, Randy On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 05:04, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 04:05:30AM -0700, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: > > > ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host > > There are two common causes for this type of behavior: having sshd > linked with TCP wrappers, with ALL:PARANOID in /etc/hosts.deny and > a misconfigured "reverse" DNS (address->name mapping); or using the > wrong protocol. > > For reasons which I do not yet comprehend, Debian still ships with > ALL:PARANOID in /etc/hosts.deny by default. Try commenting that out > (on the server). > > If that doesn't help, try using "ssh -2" or "ssh -1" to force one or > the other of the protocols. > > And if none of this works, then run the client (and, if possible, the > server) with debug mode turned on (ssh -v for the client, sshd -d for > the server). That may give some useful information. > > > This all worked find with the Potato release and the associated SSH > > technology. > > I find that surprising. > > > Is the problem with the use of NAT? > > Could be. Sorry I can't be more helpful or specific than that. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]