Subj : SSH Fail
To   : All
From : Otto Reverse
Date : Mon May 17 2021 11:15 am

I've been trying to get SSH logins working with Mystic on Linux (Ubuntu
Server 18.04). For testing clients I've tried Putty (v0.73), latest
NetRunner, year old SyncTERM and various Linux SSH clients.

The client (Linux) fails with this message:

   ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

With Cryptlib 3.4.4.1 I get the following in the log:

   SSH 1-Negotiating SSH session
   SSH Cannot load private key
   SSH Cannot load certificate
   SSH 1-Session failed

With Cryptlib 3.4.6 I get:

   SSH 1-Negotiating SSH session
   SSH Unable to set key (-2)
   SSH 1-Session failed

Cryptlib 3.4.5 won't compile for me with the error:

   ./misc/consts.h:351:30: error: initializer element is not constant
      #define CURRENT_TIME_VALUE ( ( DATE_YEAR + DATE_MONTH + DATE_DAY - 30 )
* 86400 )

I figure the issue there is a change in the GCC compiler from whatever I'm
using in Ubuntu Server 18.04 and whatever Cryptlib 3.4.5 was developed on.

As for the previous two fails my best guess is it is a failure to find a
compatible cipher between client and server.

Anyone run into this and solve it?

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