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Re: problem with ~/.ssh/config ?


On 9/15/15, John Hein <3fbmqnhaz4@snkmail.com> wrote:
> Lee wrote at 17:59 -0400 on Sep 15, 2015:
>  > OpenSSH 7.0 defaults to no support for diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 key
>  > exchange which is a problem with certain devices:
>  >
>  > $ ssh  10.10.3.5
>  > Unable to negotiate with 10.10.3.5: no matching key exchange method
>  > found. Their offer: diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
>  >
>  > http://www.openssh.com/legacy.html  has two work-arounds:
>  > 1. add "-oKexAlgorithms=+diffie-hellman-group1-sha1" to the ssh
>  > command -- which works for me
>  > 2. add "Host * KexAlgorithms +diffie-hellman-group1-sha1" to
>  > ~/.ssh/config -- which does not work for me
>  >
>  > What's the trick for getting the KexAlgorithms param in ~/.ssh/config to
> work?
>  >
>  > $ cat ~/.ssh/config
>  > Host  *  KexAlgorithms +diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
>   .
> The trick is a newline.  Host entry on one line, config settings
> on lines below it.

yup - that was it.  Thank you!!

Lee

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