RE: Solaris 9 ssh

> On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 03:13:13PM -0600, Lisa Bogar wrote:
> > 
> > I'm having some difficulty when connecting to a machine with the
> > ssh.com ssh2 server.  The ReKeyIntervalSeconds is the problem.
> > Sun's ssh is based on OpenSSH, but doesn't identify itself as
> > OpenSSH so my session hangs after an hour.  Is there a solution
> > other for this other than telling the admin with the commercial ssh2
> > server to reconfigure with the RekeyIntervalSeconds 0.  

Lisa, this sounds similar to some apparently transient problems some of my
users are reporting.  Could you give me some more details on how you
diagnosed this? I haven't been able to rule out things like network issues.
If my problem overlaps yours, we have a Sun service contract and would be
looking to them for a fix.

> 
> On Friday, October 17, 2003 8:22 AM, Brad Arlt wrote:
>
> I'd say uninstall the Sun version and
> install the current OpenSSH.com version.  This also solves the "wrong"
> identity issue.
> This also lets you gain the benifits of the rekey...

Unfortunately, you lose the benefits of BSM auditing, running supported
software on your production servers, (isn't there a Solaris/OpenSSH PAM
issue?), ...

Julie

Julie L Baumler, SCNA
Sr Systems Administrator
Multnomah County IT
503-988-3749 x26909