The message appeared when connecting to Cygwin/OpenSSH with PuTTY and
it still appears when I use the command line OpenSSH client or SSH's
Secure Shell client to connect to WinSSHD but not when I attempt to
connect WinSSHD with PuTTY.
So I was wondering if I'd just missed something somewhere or if this
was a known problem with Putty or WinSSHD and if it is whether there's
a work around.
Putty is v0.53b on Win98SE and Win2k, WinSSHD is v3.11 on Win2k
Advanced Server.
--
Matchstick
matchstick (at) oofg [dot] com
This isn't a known problem, no; perhaps you'd like to post an SSH
packet log so I can see whether the banner is actually being sent or
not. (If you type any passwords you'll need to edit them out of the
log before posting it, but since everything of interest happens
before the login phase that shouldn't be a problem.)
-- 
Simon Tatham         "Imagine what the world would be like if
<ana...@pobox.com>    there were no hypothetical situations..."
Reading my previous message I may have been a little unclear about which 
banner message I mean.
Just to be clear the one I'm referring to appears after the login name 
is specified but before the password is entered.
Anyway, I've noticed that if the username is specified as part of the 
host name (i.e user...@foobar.com) then the banner is displayed in 
putty, but if the username isn't specified and is manually entered after 
connecting to the server, the banner isnt displayed.
This is the packet log for a connection where the username is not 
specified (a packet log where it is specified is available if you want)
=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= PuTTY log 2003.11.20 12:00:00 
=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=
Event Log: Writing new session log (SSH packets mode) to file: putty.log
Event Log: Looking up host "<munged>"
Event Log: Connecting to <munged> port <munged>
Event Log: Server version: SSH-2.0-1.35 sshlib: WinSSHD 3.11
Event Log: We claim version: SSH-2.0-PuTTY-Release-0.53b
Event Log: Using SSH protocol version 2
Incoming packet type 20 / 0x14 (SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT)
  00000000  ac 94 a4 1a 38 cd 9a 2b ee e7 b0 53 9d 1e e5 5a  ....8..
+...S...Z
  00000010  00 00 00 1a 64 69 66 66 69 65 2d 68 65 6c 6c 6d  ....diffie-
hellm
  00000020  61 6e 2d 67 72 6f 75 70 31 2d 73 68 61 31 00 00  an-group1-
sha1..
  00000030  00 07 73 73 68 2d 64 73 73 00 00 00 69 61 65 73  ..ssh-
dss...iaes
  00000040  32 35 36 2d 63 62 63 2c 74 77 6f 66 69 73 68 32  256-
cbc,twofish2
  00000050  35 36 2d 63 62 63 2c 74 77 6f 66 69 73 68 2d 63  56-
cbc,twofish-c
  00000060  62 63 2c 61 65 73 31 32 38 2d 63 62 63 2c 74 77  bc,aes128-
cbc,tw
  00000070  6f 66 69 73 68 31 32 38 2d 63 62 63 2c 62 6c 6f  ofish128-
cbc,blo
  00000080  77 66 69 73 68 2d 63 62 63 2c 33 64 65 73 2d 63  wfish-
cbc,3des-c
  00000090  62 63 2c 61 72 63 66 6f 75 72 2c 63 61 73 74 31  
bc,arcfour,cast1
  000000a0  32 38 2d 63 62 63 00 00 00 69 61 65 73 32 35 36  28-
cbc...iaes256
  000000b0  2d 63 62 63 2c 74 77 6f 66 69 73 68 32 35 36 2d  -
cbc,twofish256-
  000000c0  63 62 63 2c 74 77 6f 66 69 73 68 2d 63 62 63 2c  
cbc,twofish-cbc,
  000000d0  61 65 73 31 32 38 2d 63 62 63 2c 74 77 6f 66 69  aes128-
cbc,twofi
  000000e0  73 68 31 32 38 2d 63 62 63 2c 62 6c 6f 77 66 69  sh128-
cbc,blowfi
  000000f0  73 68 2d 63 62 63 2c 33 64 65 73 2d 63 62 63 2c  sh-
cbc,3des-cbc,
  00000100  61 72 63 66 6f 75 72 2c 63 61 73 74 31 32 38 2d  
arcfour,cast128-
  00000110  63 62 63 00 00 00 2b 68 6d 61 63 2d 73 68 61 31  cbc...
+hmac-sha1
  00000120  2c 68 6d 61 63 2d 6d 64 35 2c 68 6d 61 63 2d 73  ,hmac-
md5,hmac-s
  00000130  68 61 31 2d 39 36 2c 68 6d 61 63 2d 6d 64 35 2d  ha1-
96,hmac-md5-
  00000140  39 36 00 00 00 2b 68 6d 61 63 2d 73 68 61 31 2c  96...+hmac-
sha1,
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md5,hmac-sh
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md5-9
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6....zlib,none..
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..zlib,none.....
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Outgoing packet type 20 / 0x14 (SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT)
  00000000  27 76 57 11 8b c8 46 9b db 66 26 ed 92 83 ee e8  
'vW...F..f&.....
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hellm
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exchang
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sha1,diffie-he
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group1-sha
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rsa,ssh
  00000060  2d 64 73 73 00 00 00 82 61 65 73 32 35 36 2d 63  -
dss....aes256-c
  00000070  62 63 2c 72 69 6a 6e 64 61 65 6c 32 35 36 2d 63  
bc,rijndael256-c
  00000080  62 63 2c 72 69 6a 6e 64 61 65 6c 2d 63 62 63 40  
bc,rijndael-cbc@
  00000090  6c 79 73 61 74 6f 72 2e 6c 69 75 2e 73 65 2c 61  
lysator.liu.se,a
  000000a0  65 73 31 39 32 2d 63 62 63 2c 72 69 6a 6e 64 61  es192-
cbc,rijnda
  000000b0  65 6c 31 39 32 2d 63 62 63 2c 61 65 73 31 32 38  el192-
cbc,aes128
  000000c0  2d 63 62 63 2c 72 69 6a 6e 64 61 65 6c 31 32 38  -
cbc,rijndael128
  000000d0  2d 63 62 63 2c 62 6c 6f 77 66 69 73 68 2d 63 62  -
cbc,blowfish-cb
  000000e0  63 2c 33 64 65 73 2d 63 62 63 00 00 00 82 61 65  c,3des-
cbc....ae
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cbc,rijndae
  00000100  6c 32 35 36 2d 63 62 63 2c 72 69 6a 6e 64 61 65  l256-
cbc,rijndae
  00000110  6c 2d 63 62 63 40 6c 79 73 61 74 6f 72 2e 6c 69  l-
c...@lysator.li
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u.se,aes192-cbc,
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rijndael192-cbc,
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cbc,rijnd
  00000150  61 65 6c 31 32 38 2d 63 62 63 2c 62 6c 6f 77 66  ael128-
cbc,blowf
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cbc,3des-cbc
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sha1,hm
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md5,none....h
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sha1,hmac-md
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5,none....none,z
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lib,none....none
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,zlib,none......
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Event Log: Doing Diffie-Hellman key exchange
Outgoing packet type 30 / 0x1e (SSH2_MSG_KEXDH_INIT)
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......-......4s.
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~..z..C.
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./...X.wRV..f(..
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#.7V|.+
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RUOM...Y...C.1..
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Xx.....|
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=..z...17
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Incoming packet type 31 / 0x1f (SSH2_MSG_KEXDH_REPLY)
  00000000  00 00 01 b2 00 00 00 07 73 73 68 2d 64 73 73 00  
........ssh-dss.
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.........l....F.
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^...i.Y.
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Q=.HaE+..;92.E.X
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~WM.T.d2.
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^.x..p).z.?.j...
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\.Fv.
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Event Log: Host key fingerprint is:
Event Log: ssh-dss 1024 f9:23:e4:b3:0e:ad:5e:f2:7f:28:f5:c5:9c:cc:ac:55
Outgoing packet type 21 / 0x15 (SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS)
Incoming packet type 21 / 0x15 (SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS)
Event Log: Initialised AES-256 client->server encryption
Event Log: Initialised AES-256 server->client encryption
Outgoing packet type 5 / 0x05 (SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST)
  00000000  00 00 00 0c 73 73 68 2d 75 73 65 72 61 75 74 68  ....ssh-
userauth
Incoming packet type 6 / 0x06 (SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT)
  00000000  00 00 00 0c 73 73 68 2d 75 73 65 72 61 75 74 68  ....ssh-
userauth
Incoming packet type 53 / 0x35 (SSH2_MSG_USERAUTH_BANNER)
  00000000  00 00 04 bc 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  ......          
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WARN
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private com
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system. Th
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syst
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including al
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equip
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networks, 
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devi
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(specificall
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including..Int
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access) ar
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only 
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authorized u
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compute
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system..may be
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for a
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purpos
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including to
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that its
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authori
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managem
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syste
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facilitate
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agai
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nst..unauthorize
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and to
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security
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procedures, sur
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and.
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.operational sec
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activ
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by aut
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entities
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or ver
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security
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system.
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monitori
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information.
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for 
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purpo
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All..inform
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including
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inform
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placed or
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this 
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be m
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onitored.....Use
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compute
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author
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unauthor
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constitute
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consent..to mo
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this
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Unautho
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may su
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to cri
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minal..prosecuti
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Evidence of
  00000400  75 6e 61 75 74 68 6f 72 69 7a 65 64 20 75 73 65  
unauthorized use
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durin
  00000420  67 20 6d 6f 6e 69 74 6f 72 69 6e 67 20 6d 61 79  g 
monitoring may
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for ad
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ministrative, cr
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other
  00000460  20 61 64 76 65 72 73 65 20 61 63 74 69 6f 6e 2e   adverse 
action.
  00000470  20 55 73 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 73 79 73   Use of 
this sys
  00000480  74 65 6d 0d 0a 63 6f 6e 73 74 69 74 75 74 65 73  
tem..constitutes
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moni
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these
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purposes.......
  000004c0  00 00 00 00                                      ....
Outgoing packet type 50 / 0x32 (SSH2_MSG_USERAUTH_REQUEST)
  00000000  00 00 00 08 6e 6f 74 61 75 73 65 72 00 00 00 0e  
....notauser....
  00000010  73 73 68 2d 63 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 00 00  ssh-
connection..
  00000020  00 04 6e 6f 6e 65                                ..none
Incoming packet type 51 / 0x33 (SSH2_MSG_USERAUTH_FAILURE)
  00000000  00 00 00 12 70 75 62 6c 69 63 6b 65 79 2c 70 61  
....publickey,pa
  00000010  73 73 77 6f 72 64 00                             ssword.
Hope this is of some use and thanks for your help on this.
Cheers
Paul
-- 
Contact Address matchstick a t oofg d o t com
"The wages of sin are death... but the hours are good and the perks are 
fantastic."
Hmmm. Yes, now I can see the problem: PuTTY accidentally drops the
USERAUTH_BANNER message if it comes in while it's waiting for user
name input. I never noticed this before because I tested against
OpenSSH, which doesn't _send_ the banner until after the first
(unauthenticated) login attempt.
I'll add this to the wish list as a known bug, and I might fix it
soon if I can find time. Sorry about that.
-- 
Simon Tatham         "You may call that a cheap shot.
<ana...@pobox.com>    I prefer to think of it as good value."
Not a problem... just wondering really if I'd screwed something up :)
Cheers for your help.