I have an odd OpenSSH compatablity issue

[Markus Friedl]

what is ServerKeyBits ?

there should be at least 128 bits difference
between the server and the hostkey.

but i don't remember why. (perhaps because of RSAREF?).

-markus

On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 08:58:00AM -0500, bill at billsnet.com wrote:
> 
> I am on Solaris 2.8 with openssh 2.3.0p1 and openssl 0.9.6.
> The remote machine is running ssh.com 1.2.20 and Solaris 2.6.
> 
> I think the problem has to do with the 1.2.20 KeyRegeneration, because in
> the next hour I will beable to get into the machine ok with openssh and
> then later in the day I will not beable to ssh in again for another hour.
> 
> ssh -v -v sa at myhost.com
> SSH Version OpenSSH_2.3.0p1, protocol versions 1.5/2.0.
> Compiled with SSL (0x0090600f).
> debug: Reading configuration data /home1/sa/.ssh/config
> debug: Applying options for *
> debug: Reading configuration data /opt/PSIssh/etc/ssh_config
> debug: Applying options for *
> debug: Command 'ls -alni /proc' timed out
> debug: Command 'ps -efl' timed out
> debug: Command 'ipcs -a' timed out
> debug: Seeded RNG with 38 bytes from programs
> debug: Seeded RNG with 3 bytes from system calls
> debug: ssh_connect: getuid 412 geteuid 412 anon 1
> debug: Connecting to bulkstats.troy.psi.com [136.161.21.6] port 22.
> debug: Connection established.
> debug: Remote protocol version 1.5, remote software version 1.2.20
> debug: no match: 1.2.20
> debug: Local version string SSH-1.5-OpenSSH_2.3.0p1
> debug: Waiting for server public key.
> Warning: Server lies about size of server public key: actual size is 895
> bits vs. announced 896.
> Warning: This may be due to an old implementation of ssh.
> debug: Received server public key (895 bits) and host key (768 bits).
> debug: Host 'bulkstats.troy.psi.com' is known and matches the RSA host
> key.
> debug: Command 'ls -alni /proc' disabled (badness 2)
> debug: Command 'ps -efl' disabled (badness 2)
> debug: Command 'ipcs -a' disabled (badness 2)
> debug: Seeded RNG with 35 bytes from programs
> debug: Seeded RNG with 3 bytes from system calls
> respond_to_rsa_challenge: public_key 895 < host_key 768 +
> SSH_KEY_BITS_RESERVED 128
> debug: Calling cleanup 0x3a08c(0x0)
> debug: Calling cleanup 0x3f4b0(0x0)
> debug: writing PRNG seed to file /home1/sa/.ssh/prng_seed
> 
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