On 31-Jul-2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > I'm configuring an OpenBSD firewall in front of my Debian box. Current > problem is getting compatible versions of ssh on both boxes. > > I can ssh FROM OpenBSD to Debian, but not TO OpenBSD from Debian. > Error message on attempting OpenBSD connection: > > Disconnecting: Bad packet length 1349676916. > > ...on the OBSD side, I get the following in /var/log/authlog: > > Jul 31 05:32:37 jung sshd[32168]: Protocol major versions differ for > 192.168.0.32: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH-2.1 vs. SSH-1.5-OpenSSH-1.2.3 > > I obviously need to get compatible versions of ssh, but I'm not sure > which end to even up, or (for the OBSD side) how to do it. My > understanding is that OpenSSH 1.2.3 is licensed freely, that SSH-2 is > not, and that there isn't a free version of OpenSSH-2 available for > Debian. >
openSSH is free, whether it is 2.0 or 1.x. I am uncertain that we have packaged 2.0 though. An easy solution temporarily is to install 1.2 openSSH on the bsd box.
