From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 16 18:01:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C09E016A41F for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:01:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mta10.adelphia.net (mta10.adelphia.net [68.168.78.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B2C243D46 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:01:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com) Received: from barbish ([70.39.69.56]) by mta10.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with SMTP id <20060316180158.PHQ8301.mta10.adelphia.net@barbish>; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:01:58 -0500 From: "fbsd_user" To: "Doug Lee" , Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:01:53 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20060316021551.GH92380@kirk.dlee.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: Constant ssh errors - sign of security issue? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:01:59 -0000 Try using Putty or Winscp3 as your xp ssh client. I use both and know they work with out any problems. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Doug Lee Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:16 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Constant ssh errors - sign of security issue? I run two FreeBSD 4.10 systems and access them via ssh2 from a Windows XP machine running Cygwin ssh, connecting via EVDO link. I get a whole lot of three things: 1. Spontaneous "read from remote host ... terminated; connection reset by peer." Mind, this is normal on an actual connection failure (timeout), but this one can happen while I'm actively typing something through the connection, and with no other evidence that my Internet connection (at either end) is failing.. 2. On reconnect attempt, a message saying the connection was immediately closed by the remote (FreeBSD) side. 3. Less often and frequently on my next connection attempt after #2, a "software connection abort" message. The normal sequences are (4 being successful relink) 1-4, 1-2-4, and 1-2-3-4. I think 1-2-4 and 1-4 are about equally common and 1-2-3-4 is comparatively rare. Being unfamiliar with how all of these can happen while my actual Internet connection (and other TCP connections for example) seems fine, I am wondering if any of this could represent a security issue--packet snooping/redirection/"man-in-the-middle" attacks, etc. Thanks in advance for any input. Please Cc me. -- Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org SSB + BART Group doug@bartsite.com http://www.bartsite.com "Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain." --Helen Keller _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"