[nflug] SSH Error out of no where

Brad Bartram brad.bartram at gmail.com
Wed Nov 14 09:48:50 EST 2007


Always remember that just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean
someone isn't out to get you.

Brad

On Nov 14, 2007 9:33 AM, Mark Musone <mmusone at shatterit.com> wrote:
> That's because you're a forensics/security obsessed addict ;)
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nflug-bounces at nflug.org [mailto:nflug-bounces at nflug.org] On Behalf Of
> Brad Bartram
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:24 AM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: Re: [nflug] SSH Error out of no where
>
> Just to throw this out there, but whenever something like that happens where
> -
>
> x was running perfect for y length of time, but all of a sudden
> without any changes being performed, x flaked out
>
> The first thing I do is check the system over for signs of intrusion.
> Not saying that's what it is, but things like that make the ol' spidey
> sense start to tingle.
>
> Brad
>
> On Nov 14, 2007 9:08 AM, Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> > I've noticed that on a box that I routinely log into, but it's a
> > time-out thing. I didn't look into it in depth but there seems to be an
> > inactivity time-out that is now enabled in the default ssh config.
> > That's not going to be your problem though, you should check that sshd
> > is running in the first place but you'll probably have to wait till 7
> > for that.
> >
> >
> > Franklin Kumro Jr wrote:
> > > Guys,
> > >
> > > My Ubuntu box has been running perfectly for weeks now, and I have
> > > always been able to access the machine via ssh. I get into work this
> > > morning and I need to grab some data from that machine only to receive
> > > "ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host". I'm
> > > confused because yesterday this worked :( The machine has been hard
> > > rebooted for shits and giggles, didn't fix a thing. Any ideas? I wont
> > > have access to the machine until ~7pm tonight and I would love to have
> > > the data now though.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > -Frank
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