Re: What does, "ssh_exchange_identification:..." indicate?

From: Richard E. Silverman (res_at_qoxp.net)
Date: 06/23/05 

Date: 23 Jun 2005 17:05:26 -0400

>>>>> "AA" == Aris Adamantiadis <aris@0xbadc0de.be> writes:

    AA> Retry with -vvv but I suspect it's simply the server closing the
    AA> connection before sending the banner.

Correct, if by "banner" you mean the initial text string of the SSH
protocol indicating the version etc.

Usually this indicates some kind of access control, e.g. on a Unix box
usually it means libwrap (/etc/hosts.{allow,deny}) is blocking the
connection.

    AA> John Schleigh wrote:

>> When trying to ssh to my pix 506e firewall I get this:
>>
>>> ssh -v -l pix 192.168.1.3
>> OpenSSH_3.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004 debug1: Reading
>> configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: Applying options for
>> * debug1: Connecting to 192.168.1.3 [192.168.1.3] port 22. debug1:
>> Connection established. debug1: identity file
>> /home/john/.ssh/identity type -1 debug1: identity file
>> /home/john/.ssh/id_rsa type -1 debug1: identity file
>> /home/john/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 ssh_exchange_identification:
>> Connection closed by remote host
>> 

-- 
  Richard Silverman
  res@qoxp.net

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