Re: Error: Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer

[Γιώργος Πάλλας <gpall@ccf.auth.gr>]

vikram wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is the output of scp -vv
>
> $ scp -vv files.tar.gz root@192.168.1.11:/root/Desktop
> Executing: program /usr/bin/ssh host 192.168.1.11, user root, command 
> scp -v -t /root/Desktop
> OpenSSH_5.1p1 Debian-5, OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007
> debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
> debug1: Applying options for *
> debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
> debug1: Connecting to 192.168.1.11 [192.168.1.11] port 22.
> debug1: Connection established.
> debug1: identity file /home/user/.ssh/identity type -1
> debug1: identity file /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
> debug1: identity file /home/user/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
> debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version 
> OpenSSH_5.1p1 Debian-5
> debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.1p1 Debian-5 pat OpenSSH*
> debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
> debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.1p1 Debian-5
> debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
> Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer
> lost connection
>
> I get this not matter which file i try to copy.

Hmmm, this could be an active RST denial of service. Could you possibly 
get a tcpdump of the session and check if you receive an RST packet just 
before the connection reset by peer?

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