| [Servers] SSH connection puzzle I routinely connect to a remote Mac computer using SSH and private keys. In the past, I was able to connect from several different machines with no problem. Now, I can connect to the target Mac from some machines but not from others.
For instance, I can connect from a Linux server and from my Android phone, but when I try to connect from either of 2 Windows machines, the connection times out without connecting. If I run nmap, the Mac port 22 shows open from the Linux server, but closed from the Windows machines. Anybody know what might cause this? |
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BinkVillains... knock off all that evil
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| Do you have a firewall in front of the Mac that denies connections from Windows hosts? I know this might sound crazy, but this is exactly what I do on some of my SSH servers that are accessible from the Internet, but I actually block Linux hosts instead (Linux hosts are used most often for useless SSH brute force attacks and, since a Linux host never needs to SSH into these system, I have blocked this). |
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| reply to woody1950
You'll probably get more attention in the "All things Unix" forum.
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| Thanks, I'll move my discussion to All Things Unix. |
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 ds5v50
join:2003-01-22
Fremont, OH | Windows doesn't handle dns to well. You might want to see what the mac says when your trying to connect. IE log files |
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| It's not a DNS issue, because I can test to the actual IP address and I still can't connect. I have moved this discussion to the Unix forum, as suggested. |
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| reply to woody1950
What's the MAC show in it's logfile (if any) and/or 'netstat' output when the windows machines connect,
versus the working PCs?
The fact it shows OPEN from Linux and CLOSED from Windows makes me rather suspicious.
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