Bad packet length error

[Darren Tucker]

"Hari (E-mail)" wrote:
> I am running sshd (openssh-2.9p2) on a power-pc LynxOS box, and am
> connecting from a ssh client (openssh-2.9p2) on an x86 Linux box.
> This works fine for ssh protocol version 1, but am getting the below error
> for ssh v2:
> 
> Disconnecting: Bad packet length -857542839.

There has been a history of "bad packet length" errors that were fixed by
upgrading the version of zlib used.  What version are you using, and does
the problem go away if you recompile openssh with zlib 1.4?

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