On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 11:38:34AM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi everyone, > While the question seems simple, at least to me, the reason behind it is > complicated. so I am hoping to focus on the question first. > During the dh key exchange process, where do the user dh key packets come > from software wise?
You generate a private/public key pair with ssh-keygen, and send the public key over to your destination in advance, so that they can recognize you. > I have a problem now where each place I try to visit using my ssh client, > and my sftp one, I am getting a dh key exchange failure. > using the -v command is not shedding light on the issue. > I am using the same client now to reach another service, but here we use a > different port from port 22. > the error started on the 29th of June, and the company providing my dsl > service did claim to have a service issue on that day. > However they do not speak Linux let alone anything else Unusual. > Thoughts? Are you having problems SSHing to all servers that you try, or just to one in particular? If it's just one, and that one uses a port other than 22, it's likely that your DSL company started filtering that port on the 29th. -dsr-