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Date:      Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:27:52 -0500
From:      Daren Desjardins <desjardins@canada.com>
To:        David.E.Tweten@nasa.gov
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SSH issues with 4.9 stable (key_verify failed for  server_host_key)
Message-ID:  <1080768472.43045.31.camel@lithium.stabilia.com>
In-Reply-To: <3268.1080767681@gilmore.nas.nasa.gov>
References:  <3268.1080767681@gilmore.nas.nasa.gov>

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> >... the base system seems to force a DSA host key authentication, whereas the
> >port and openssh release use RSA ...
> 
> Why do you care?  Give your machine all three kinds of machine key 
> (protocol 1.5, protocol 2.0 RSA, and protocol 2.0 DSA).  If you want to 
> use public key authentication, give yourself all three types of personal 
> key too.  That way, you are prepared for whatever slight misconfiguration 
> there may be at the other end of your attempted connection.

Its not that I care, am just trying to point out anything I can that
could indicate the cause of the problem.


I tried using your config files, and the result is included below.


OpenSSH_3.5p1 FreeBSD-20030924, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL
0x0090703f
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: ssh_connect: needpriv 1
debug1: Connecting to daren.ca [3ffe:b80:19a3:1::1] port 22.
debug1: Allocated local port 1016.
debug1: connect to address 3ffe:b80:19a3:1::1 port 22: No route to host
debug1: Connecting to daren.ca [65.49.123.132] port 22.
debug1: Allocated local port 1015.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA
debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version
OpenSSH_3.5p1 FreeBSD-20030924
debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.5p1 FreeBSD-20030924 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.5p1 ssh_config $Revision:
1.1.1.1 $
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client arcfour hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server arcfour hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: dh_gen_key: priv key bits set: 111/256
debug1: bits set: 1605/3191
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
No DSA host key is known for daren.ca and you have requested strict
checking.
Host key verification failed.
debug1: Calling cleanup 0x804c158(0x0)




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