Hi All,
I am connecting my SSHD server through OpenSSH Client. I am pasting some
of commands in one shot and I see the terminal disconnects throwing "Bad
Packet Length <some number>" on the terminal screen. Google search says
that this happens when you're trying to connect to a ssh 2.x using a
ssh-client which uses ssh 1.x. But that didn't worked either. I tried
changing the cipher to blowfish. And I encountered a new problem.
Message Authentication Code.....
wikipedia ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_authentication_code
"The MAC value protects both a message's integrity as well as its
authenticity, by allowing verifiers (who also possess the secret key) to
detect any changes to the message content."
Maybe you`re not alone at ya internetconnection.... (somebody manipulating
the packages)
Or bad Hardware.... ?
Try from another network (not related to your work or your home) and see
if that already helps.
You may also wanna do some network analyses to see if there`s a problem
and when where...
Corrupt cables can also appear during the usage of unshilded cables (close
to a power line). Normal TCP/IP Connections will simply resend the packet
as long as something goes wrong but Software like SSH disconnects you but
this implies also that there`s no problem at the TCP/IP layer.
Also use ssh -vvv wich may help to get further informations.
Also the network where your server is (rented server?) stored could be the
source of all 3v1l. :)
Btw:
The MAC is not related to the encryptionalgorithm you`ve specified.
See man ssh...
You can also specify alternative MACs.
Kind regards,
Rembrandt
