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[Delisle, John]

Hello, 

I'm looking for your insight about the log below.  We have an SFTP server (IBM Sterling File Gateway) and we're connecting from an OpenSSH SFTP client but something fails during KEX.

Complete client-side debug output is below, but I believe the relevant part is:

debug1: kex: server->client cipher: aes192-cbc MAC: hmac-sha1 compression: none
debug1: kex: client->server cipher: aes192-cbc MAC: hmac-sha1 compression: none
debug3: send packet: type 30
debug1: sending SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_INIT
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
debug3: receive packet: type 1
Received disconnect from 1.2.3.4 port 32:2: Failed to read binary packet data!

Any suggestions about what's failing, and what the cause might be?  We're trying to figure out where to go in our troubleshooting, and do not understand the meaning of this debug output.  

Thanks!



Complete debug output (obfuscated to remove confidential data): 

[root at client ~]# sftp -vvvv -oport=32 SOMEUSER at some.server.we.have 
OpenSSH_7.2p2, OpenSSL 1.0.2h  3 May 2016
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug2: resolving "some.server.we.have" port 32
debug2: ssh_connect_direct: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to some.server.we.have [1.2.3.4] port 32.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: permanently_set_uid: 0/0
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version Welcome To Ceridian
debug1: no match: Welcome To Ceridian
debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug1: Authenticating to some.server.we.have:32 as 'SOMEUSER'
debug3: put_host_port: [some.server.we.have]:32
debug3: hostkeys_foreach: reading file "/root/.ssh/known_hosts"
debug3: send packet: type 20
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug3: receive packet: type 20
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug2: local client KEXINIT proposal
debug2: KEX algorithms: curve25519-sha256 at libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,ext-info-c
debug2: host key algorithms: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01 at openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01 at openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01 at openssh.com,ssh-ed25519-cert-v01 at openssh.com,ssh-rsa-cert-v01 at openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,ssh-ed25519,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ssh-rsa
debug2: ciphers ctos: chacha20-poly1305 at openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm at openssh.com,aes256-gcm at openssh.com,aes128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,3des-cbc
debug2: ciphers stoc: chacha20-poly1305 at openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm at openssh.com,aes256-gcm at openssh.com,aes128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,3des-cbc
debug2: MACs ctos: umac-64-etm at openssh.com,umac-128-etm at openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm at openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm at openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm at openssh.com,umac-64 at openssh.com,umac-128 at openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1
debug2: MACs stoc: umac-64-etm at openssh.com,umac-128-etm at openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm at openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm at openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm at openssh.com,umac-64 at openssh.com,umac-128 at openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1
debug2: compression ctos: none,zlib at openssh.com,zlib
debug2: compression stoc: none,zlib at openssh.com,zlib
debug2: languages ctos: 
debug2: languages stoc: 
debug2: first_kex_follows 0 
debug2: reserved 0 
debug2: peer server KEXINIT proposal
debug2: KEX algorithms: diffie-hellman-group1-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521
debug2: host key algorithms: ssh-rsa
debug2: ciphers ctos: aes256-cbc,aes192-cbc
debug2: ciphers stoc: aes256-cbc,aes192-cbc
debug2: MACs ctos: hmac-sha1
debug2: MACs stoc: hmac-sha1
debug2: compression ctos: none
debug2: compression stoc: none
debug2: languages ctos: 
debug2: languages stoc: 
debug2: first_kex_follows 0 
debug2: reserved 0 
debug1: kex: algorithm: ecdh-sha2-nistp256
debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ssh-rsa
debug1: kex: server->client cipher: aes192-cbc MAC: hmac-sha1 compression: none
debug1: kex: client->server cipher: aes192-cbc MAC: hmac-sha1 compression: none
debug3: send packet: type 30
debug1: sending SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_INIT
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
debug3: receive packet: type 1
Received disconnect from 1.2.3.4 port 32:2: Failed to read binary packet data!
Disconnected from 1.2.3.4 port 32
Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer


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