ssh question

[Gene Collins]

Hey Scooter!  You have to allow for your in.identtest service in
host.allow and hosts.deny files.  I don't remember what port this uses,
but ssh needs it to exchange keys, etc.

Gene


>Folks,
>
>Make a long story short, I had put together a Debian box I was planning
>to press into service as a firewall box. I for curiosity sake installed
>the Bastille package. Seems this might have caused me problems or its at
>least the only thing I can point to as the possible cause.
>
>When trying to ssh into that machine from any other machine that is in
>the hosts file, I get the following error.
>
>ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed 
>
>I am not sure what this error is and haven't found the likely cause. Any
>ideas?
>
>Again the machine that is causing the problems does know about all other
>machines in the network. Any thoughts appreciated and I'm sure its
>something really simple I'm overlooking.
>That's my punishment for starting a project and then putting it off for
>a few months then to go back to it and having a bad memory.<grin>
>
>Scott
>
>
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