ssh 2.1.1p1 can't connect; ssh 1.2.3 can

[Damien Miller]

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Paul D. Smith wrote:

> My ISP supports connections via ssh.  I was using OpenSSH 1.2.3
> (portable) on Solaris 2.5.1 (with EGD), and I could connect to my ISP
> just fine.  They're using the proprietary sshd version 1.2.26 as far as I
> can tell.  A connect session looks like:

[snip]

> Now I've compiled OpenSSH 2.1.1p1 (same system, Solaris 2.5.1, but this
> time using PRNG instead of EGD).  This version works to _some_ systems
> (for example, I can connect to my home system which is running Debian
> GNU/Linux 2.2--running sshd from OpenSSH 1.2.3.
> 
> But, I can't connect to my ISP; I just time out.  Here's a session:

[snip]

>   debug: Allocated local port 827.
>   debug: connect: Connection timed out
>   debug: Trying again...

I haven't seen this one before. 

Can you telnet to port 22 on the target machine?

An strace of the client and a tcpdump of a failed connection would help.

-d


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