Re: ssh refuses connections
If your firewall is like mine (linksys) then it messes up the connection when the daemon forks if it attaches to a privileged port (< 1023). Try using ssh -P hostname to get the daemon to go to a non-privileged port behind the firewall.
-Wes
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:16:12AM -0700, Jason Majors wrote:
> I have four machines: a firewall, an internal server, and two workstations.
> When I try an SSH connection from the firewall to the server, or from outside
> the firewall using its port forwarding to go to the server, I get the error:
> ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
>
> I can connect just fine from the two workstations to the server, the server to
> the workstations, or any of the internal boxes to the firewall.
> The only changes that I've made since it last worked were the installation
> of NIS on the server (which has since been removed), and some NFS changes.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
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