190311 Neil Bothwick wrote: > Do you have any other Host stanzas in the config?
No : /etc/ssh/ssh_config has the following uncommented lines : # Send locale environment variables. #367017 SendEnv LANG LC_ALL LC_COLLATE LC_CTYPE LC_MESSAGES LC_MONETARY LC_NUMERIC LC_TIME LANGUAGE LC_ADDRESS LC_IDENTIFICATION LC_MEASUREMENT LC_NAME LC_PAPER LC_TELEPHONE # Send COLORTERM to match TERM. #658540 SendEnv COLORTERM # PP 190312 Host 128.100.160.1 KexAlgorithms +diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 # Ciphers 3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,aes128-cbc,aes128-ctr,aes256-ctr I tried adding the 'Ciphers' line, which is mentioned in the I/net page, but Ssh chokes, so I commented it again : 528: ~> ssh -v chass.utoronto.ca OpenSSH_7.9p1, OpenSSL 1.0.2r 26 Feb 2019 debug1: Reading configuration data /home/purslow/.ssh/config debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 57: Bad SSH2 cipher spec '3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,aes128-cbc,aes128-ctr,aes256-ctr'. > Check both config files for conflicts ~/.ssh/config has : Host 128.100.160.1 KexAlgorithms +diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 The latest output ('538' above) shows that it reads ~/.ssh/config , but apparently doesn't find what it wants there & therefore goes on to /etc/ssh/ssh_config , on which it chokes. Without the 'Cipher' line in the latter, it carries on with the handshake, but eventually can't do the key exchange. I've just looked at the USE flags : root:528 ssh> eix net-misc/openssh Available versions: 7.5_p1-r4 7.7_p1-r9^t 7.9_p1-r4^t {X X509 audit bindist debug (+)hpn kerberos ldap ldns libedit libressl livecd pam +pie sctp selinux skey ssh1 +ssl static test ABI_MIPS="n32" KERNEL="linux"} Installed versions: 7.9_p1-r4^t([2019-03-09 22:25:11])(X ssl -X509 -audit -bindist -debug -hpn -kerberos -ldns -libedit -libressl -livecd -pam -pie -sctp -selinux -static -test ABI_MIPS="-n32" KERNEL="linux") NB Eix shows a Use flag 'ssh1', which Euses describes as : net-misc/openssh:ssh1 - Support the legacy/weak SSH1 protocol That looks as if it sb enabled, but when I try to enable it, it's available only for the oldest version : root:529 ssh> USE="ssh1" emerge -pv =openssh-7.5_p1-r4 Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild UD] net-misc/openssh-7.5_p1-r4::gentoo [7.9_p1-r4::gentoo] USE="X -X509 -audit -bindist -debug -hpn -kerberos -ldap% -ldns -libedit -libressl -livecd -pam -pie -sctp (-selinux) -skey% ssh1%* ssl -static -test" root:530 ssh> USE="ssh1" emerge -pv =openssh-7.7_p1-r9 Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild UD] net-misc/openssh-7.7_p1-r9::gentoo [7.9_p1-r4::gentoo] USE="X -X509 -audit -bindist -debug -hpn -kerberos -ldns -libedit -libressl -livecd -pam -pie -sctp (-selinux) -skey% ssl -static -test" root:531 ssh> USE="ssh1" emerge -pv =openssh-7.9_p1-r4 Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R] net-misc/openssh-7.9_p1-r4::gentoo USE="X -X509 -audit -bindist -debug -hpn -kerberos -ldns -libedit -libressl -livecd -pam -pie -sctp (-selinux) ssl -static -test" Can anyone offer further advice ? -- Thanks so far. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca