ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
David Obando
I'm experiencing a problem regarding SSH login on a Debian Etch server.
Since a couple of days I often can't login anymore but get the following
output:
david@clash:~$ ssh -vvv xx***xx.de
OpenSSH_4.3p2 Debian-9etch3, OpenSSL 0.9.8c 05 Sep 2006
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to xx***xx.de [12.123.123.123] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /home/david/.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /home/david/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/david/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
When I restart the SSHD on the server it works, but after a couple of
minutes login is denied again. I use fail2ban on the machine but the
client IP are not listed there. Login doesn't work globally not only
from one client.
Regards,
David
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