On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 8:53 PM Daniel Barrett <dbarr...@blazemonger.com> wrote: > > > Anybody use Verizon FIOS with the old ActionTEC MI424WR router? If so, > are you seeing the following fatal error if you scp large files from a > remote internet host? > > ssh_dispatch_run_fatal: Connection to xx.xx.xx.xx port xxx: message > authentication code incorrect > > ? > > I can scp huge files with no problems between computers on my home > network, but whenever I try to scp something large (multi gigabytes) > from remote internet Linux hosts, scp dies with the above error(s). I > don't know what else to blame than my Verizon router, unless the > problem is outside my home. > > The OpenSSH team says this isn't an SSH bug but is caused by certain > buggy network hardware: > > https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2941 > > I know that Verizon has a newer router now (and tried to force > everyone to upgrade about a year ago), but at the time I didn't feel > like redoing my whole incoming network/firewall setup from scratch.... > > Thanks for any insights.
I vaguely recall hearing once of a network card with bad memory buffers and certain bit patterns in certain buffers couldn't be successfully written and then read. If have the ability to set up an encrypted/compressed VPN from your home to the outside world, you might try doing your copies over that link. You might get lucky and not hit whatever is causing your problem. Bill Bogstad _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
