Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct@mit.edu> writes: > Oh, in the month or so since I last logged in via the cable modem, > the IP address changed, but the machine name didn't (since the cable > company puts the hardware address in the machine name), and AFAIK > the key didn't. Could that be part of the problem -- does sshd keep > track of hostnames, IPs and keys? This is probably tcpwrapper's PARANOID setting. Remove ALL: PARANOID from /etc/hosts.deny.