[SOLVED] sshd: "algorithm negotiation fail"

[vmunich]

Hi everyone,

I installed OpenSSH on my Mageia machines and I can login using ssh from one machine into the other.

What I cannot do is e.g. use a different system (android smartphone...) for logging into any of the Mageia machine using SSH...

I always get the message "algorithm negotiation fail"

How should I configure my SSH server on the Mageia machines so that they can be reach by most other device - and still be secure ???

Thanks a lot !
Vincent

[doktor5000]

The question is probably more, what ssh client are you using on your smartphone, what algorithms does it support, and how can you make it accept the more secure algorithms ?
A log excerpt of a connection attempt would show most of that, maybe you can try to post one.

[vmunich]

Thanks Doktor for your reply.
It seems that th eproblem lies with the android client (JuiceSSH).

I found the following possible explanation online:
" the SSH library we are using (JSch) is ignoring best practices specified in RFC4253. Specifically, when it encounters an unknown SSH message type, rather than sending SSH_MSG_UNIMPLEMENTED and continuing, it's throwing an exception and bailing out."

I tried connecting per SSH using another android client (Termius) and it works perfectly...

Thanks, problem solved
V