On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 09:18:08AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] } Thanks for the tips, I totally overlooked the log level in the sshd file. } When I looked at the putty log, it just says the authentication fails, } each time you enter a passwd. The debian sshd logs didn't help a lot, just } one line at the begining saying "no match". But exactly whats not matching } isn't very obvious to me. However by random changing of the puTTY options, } I found settings that work: using ssh protocol version 2 (it defaults to } 1) and I check an option saying "Enable legacy use of single-DES in ssh2". } I had tried various options over the last couple of days, but I lucked } into the right ones this morning.
You should definitely be using SSH2. It sounds like you must be using a seriously old version of PuTTY if it defaults to SSH1. What version is it? I recommend getting the latest version. } But isn't DES the least of the encryption schemes? I'd like my server to } use the one thats the hardest to crack. Ssh is such a massively important } protocol its amazing how little know about it. Single DES is very easy to crack. I can't imagine why you would need to select single DES. I'm surprised Debian's ssh even allowed it as an encryption protocol. I suspect that this, too, is due to the age of your PuTTY install. } Below is an example of the failed login without the options above: [...] } Thanks again. --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
