RedHat 7.0 openssh-2.2.0p1-5 vs ssh 2.3.0

[Damien Miller]

On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Jack Howarth wrote:

> Hello,
>      I am using RedHat's most recent openssh-2.20p1-5 srpm recompiled
> on Linuxppc under glibc 2.1.95/Linux 2.4-test10pre2/gcc 2.95.3(cvs).
> I have noticed an oddity when connecting to machines running ssh
> 2.3.0's sshd2 server. While the connections occur with no problem
> after awhile the connection fails when idle with the following 
> error message...
> 
> Hm, dispatch protocol error: type 20 plen 136
> 
> Any idea why this is happening? Please e-mail responses to
> howarth at bromo.med.uc.edu since I don't read this list much.

Is there a masquerading firewall or other NAT device between the 
two hosts? You may be a victim of NAT timeouts.

> ps Oh, is the problem with ssh 2.3.0 ssh2 clients connecting
> to openssh going to be fixed soon or do we have to wait for
> a fix in ssh v2.3.x?

Have you tried the snapshot at http://www.mindrot.org/misc/openssh

-d

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