ssh setup

[Brian J. Conway]

> I have installed ssh2 on linux. On NT I am using ssh-1.2.14 win32 client.
> When I try to connect to the Linux box with the following command:
> 
> $ ssh my host
> 
> The connection gets dropped and the following messages are entered into
> the syslog.
> 
> Jan 19 08:24:04 myhost sshd[8365]: connection from "10.2.9.21"
> Jan 19 08:24:04 myhost sshd[8531]: Remote host disconnected: Connection closed by remote host.
> Jan 19 08:24:04 myhost sshd[8531]: connection lost: 'Connection closed by remote host.'
> 
> Are there any incompatiblities between ssh1 and ssh2, clients and servers? The NT clients
> are putty and TTermPro.

The bottom line is that ssh1 and ssh2 are using completely different ssh
protocols and clients and servers must match.  Due to the commercialized
nature of ssh2, the majority of the open-source community considers ssh1
to be the standard.  I'd stick with that.

Brian J. Conway
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