F-secure -> Openssh Compatibility

[Mike Fisk]

It does appear that F-Secure 1.0.1 on Mac does not like protocol versions
greater than 1.5.  However, why does OpenSSH 2.1.1 (with ssh2 disabled)
advertise that it supports protocol version 1.99?
        SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_2.1.1

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Martin Forssen wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, W. Scott Wilburn wrote:
> > We have Macintoshes running Fsecure SSH client 1.0.1 which are unable to
> > connect to a server running Openssh 2.1.1 on Red Hat 6.2.
> > 
> > I believe that the problem is a bug with Fsecure, since a 30-day trial
> > version of 1.0.2 works fine. I'm a bit reluctant to tell all the Mac users
> > they have to spend money to upgrade, though, since everything was fine
> > until I switched my machines to OpenSSH from commercial SSH.
> > 
> > Does anyone have any info on this? Is there a workaround?
> 
> I think the version you are using is unable to connect to a server
> supporting the 2.0-protocol. Even if the server handles version-1.5. There
> is some problem in the initial handshake where the client gets confused by
> the version number it initially receives.
> 
> The solution is to run the server in ssh-1.5 only mode. Or if you need
> 2.0-capability run a 1.5-server on another port.
> 
> 	/MaF
> 

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