Re: sshd stop working

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Nathan Poznick (<poznick@conwaycorp.net>) wrote:

> Thus spake Micha Feigin:
>> When I try to connect to sshd on my computer from either outside, or
>> localhost I get the following error:
>> ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
>> How do I solve this?
> 
> Check in /etc/hosts.deny ...do you have
> ALL: PARANOID
> uncommented?  If you do, and your machine does not reverse-resolve to
> the same name (i.e., foo.bar.com returns 10.3.5.7, but a lookup on
> 10.3.5.7 returns bar.foobar.com), then I believe sshd will exhibit
> behavior similar to what you're seeing.

Denying ssh access in /etc/hosts.deny will have the same effect.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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