On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Wes Owen wrote:
> I just upgraded my ssh's from:
>
> ssh-1.2.27
> ssh-2.1.0.pl2
>
> to:
>
> ssh-1.2.31
> ssh-2.4.0
>
> I kept the same exact config files. I use to be able to stay connected to
> my old version of ssh2 for a long as I want, no timeout or anything - I
> could be on there for days idle and then use it and it would work fine.
>
> With this new version it seems that I get booted off. So I ran some
> programs to test this out, and it seems that all my ssh2 sessions will get
> booted one hour after my initial session. I did see that it regenerates
> the key every hour, so maybe it has something to do with this?
>
> My log files look like this:
>
> Apr 17 23:44:33 ns1 sshd2[17396]: Local disconnected: Protocol error:
> packet 5 in interactive
> Apr 17 23:44:33 ns1 sshd2[17396]: Protocol error in local: 'Protocol error:
> packet 5 in interactive'
>
> Lastly - the reason I upgraded was because sometimes ssh would stop
> accepting connections and a simple kill -HUP would make it work again. Was
> there a DOS attach possible on those versions? I have searched the web
> high and low for both of these questions and I've seen similar questions,
> but no answers.
For Windows, try Putty/PSCP. Search them on www.openssh.org.
I seem to recall that there is also a DOS version on the same site.
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