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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Ssh problem : half-solved
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:08:50 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190311090850.32700140@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5754419.A2fIWcm9iI@dell_xps>

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On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 08:43:52 +0000, Mick wrote:

> > Try without the +, that works for me here. I have an appliance that
> > uses outdated algorithms and this config works for me
> > 
> > Host 1.2.3.4
> >     Ciphers 3des-cbc
> >     KexAlgorithms diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
> >     HostKeyAlgorithms ssh-dss  
> 
> As I understand it the "+" merely adds one more cipher to the
> collection. This is probably safer.  If the server has been updated and
> non-legacy key exchange algorithms are now available they can be used.
> Without "+" the directive for the client is exclusive:  only use this
> algorithm and nothing else.

That's how I read it, but it says it appends to the list, so this is the
last option tried, while an earlier one could possibly be triggering the
failure. With + would be better, but it would be worth trying without.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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  reply	other threads:[~2019-03-11  9:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-10  7:25 [gentoo-user] Ssh problem Philip Webb
2019-03-10  8:23 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2019-03-10 10:31 ` [gentoo-user] " Nils Freydank
2019-03-11  5:41   ` [gentoo-user] Ssh problem : half-solved Philip Webb
2019-03-11  8:30     ` Mick
2019-03-11  8:31     ` Neil Bothwick
2019-03-11  8:43       ` Mick
2019-03-11  9:08         ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2019-03-11  9:23           ` Philip Webb
2019-03-11  9:30             ` Bill Kenworthy
2019-03-11 10:00             ` Neil Bothwick
2019-03-11 13:08               ` Philip Webb
2019-03-11 13:42                 ` Neil Bothwick
2019-03-11 16:06                   ` Mick
2019-03-11 17:34                     ` Neil Bothwick
2019-03-11 21:35                       ` Mick
2019-03-11 22:14                         ` Neil Bothwick
2019-03-12 10:02                           ` Philip Webb
2019-03-12 10:49                             ` Mick
2019-03-12 14:32                               ` Philip Webb
2019-03-12 15:10                                 ` [gentoo-user] Ssh problem : solved but weird Philip Webb
2019-03-12 15:12                                   ` Neil Bothwick
2019-03-12 16:59                                     ` Mick
2019-03-12 14:46                 ` [gentoo-user] Re: Ssh problem : half-solved Nuno Silva

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