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  From: Adam W <woja@optushome.com.au>
  To  : <vchandrasekar@mailcity.com>
        <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 19:07:14 +1000

RE: Help on SSH

it sounds like you need to add the windows machine to the /etc/hosts file

Make sure the windows box is running dns (tcp/ip properties for the network
card)

(i am presuming you are ssh'ing over a LAN)

also check your hosts.allow
and hosts.deny in the /etc folder.

Adam W.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chandra Sekar [mailto:vchandrasekar@lycos.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 29 May 2001 1:41 PM
> To: linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
> Subject: Help on SSH
>
>
>
> ---
> what is the method to do a secure Telnet?
> I have installed SSH on my RedHatLinux 6.2 PC with the following rpm's.
>
> openssl-0.9.5a-3.i386.rpm
> openssh-1.2.2-1.i386.rpm
> openssh-server-1.2.2-1.i386.rpm
>
> Also I have downloaded Secure Tera TermPro and installed on my
> windows PC. If I run this program it asks for the kind of service
> which has to be enabled. I click on SSH and the TCP port#22 is
> also enabled. After I enter the Host Name and Click Ok I get a
> SECURITY WARNING message.
>
> The message says " There is no entry for the server "mc5878" in
> your list of known hosts. The machine you have contacted may be a
> hostile machine pretending to be the server.
>
> If you choose to add this machine to the known hosts list and
> continue, then you will not receive this warning again
>
> Add this machine and its key to the known hosts list
>
>           Continue              Disconnect"
>
> If i say click on Continue, Again I get some Warning Message.
>
> "The host and its key cannot be added, because no known-hosts
> file has been specified. Restart Teraterm and specifu a
> read/write known-hosts file in the TTSSH Setup dialog box.
>
> All the encryption algorithms that this program and the server
> both understand have been diabled. To communicate with this
> server, you will have to enable some more ciphers in the TTSSH
> Setup dialog box when you run Teraterm Again.
> This connection will now close
>
>               Ok"
>
> Can any one correct me where am i going wrong and what more needs
> to be configured in this regard.
>
> Thanks
> Sekar
>
>
>
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