From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 2 10:06:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C822106564A for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:06:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 060A78FC13 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:06:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from isis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.63]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MBQt7-0000ZM-Lc for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:06:35 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.238]) by isis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1MBQsy-0003zE-0B for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:06:24 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost.men.bris.ac.uk [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n529smhR052582 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:54:48 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n529shFH052401 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:54:43 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:54:43 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090602095443.GA10694@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-Spam-Score: -1.4 X-Spam-Level: - Subject: sshd: Did not receive identification string from xx.xx.xx.xx X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:06:37 -0000 Could somebody point me to a relevant sshd documentation where the cause of these rejection messages is explained: sshd: Did not receive identification string from xx.xx.xx.xx The user is trying to connect from some MS ssh client and gets timeout. I get the above message in the logs. I just could not find anything relevant in the docs or on the net. many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423