Hi All, I am logging on to a branded Cisco router and I get this as a response: =================================================== OpenSSH_4.5p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8d 28 Sep 2006 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: Connecting to [XX.XXX.XXX.XX] port 22. debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file /home/michael/.ssh/id_rsa type -1 debug1: identity file /home/michael/.ssh/id_dsa type 2 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version RomCliSecure_4.12 debug1: no match: RomCliSecure_4.12 debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.5 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug1: kex: server->client 3des-cbc hmac-sha1 none debug1: kex: client->server 3des-cbc hmac-sha1 none debug1: sending SSH2_MSG_KEXDH_INIT debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEXDH_REPLY debug1: checking without port identifier debug1: Host '' is known and matches the DSA host key. debug1: Found key in /home/michael/.ssh/known_hosts:13 debug1: found matching key w/out port debug1: ssh_dss_verify: signature correct debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: password debug1: Next authentication method: password =================================================== What does this mean? " Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version RomCliSecure_4.12 debug1: no match: RomCliSecure_4.12 " I am running net-misc/openssh-4.5_p1-r1. -- Regards, Mick