Subject: RE: Unable to exchange encryption keys

RE: Unable to exchange encryption keys

From: Oliver Nelson <oliver_at_ootbc.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:01:22 -0800

On 12/31/2009 3:00 AM, libssh2-devel-request_at_cool.haxx.se wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Dec 2009, Oliver Nelson wrote:
>
>
>> > I've done some more work on this problem.(all
>>
> "this problem" being the one mentioned in the subject?
>
> Sorry if I was unclear. I was posting a reply to a message of my own
> from a couple of weeks before. I meant that I got a chance to look
> some more at the problem I am having.
>
>
>> > libssh2_session_hostkey returns an empty string.
>>
> I really don't see how this is related to the problem with encryption keys.
> The libssh2_session_hostkey() returns the hostkey from the negotiation. To me
> it sounds more like a bug in that specific hostkey handling. Can't you just
> set a break-point where the key is stored and see what it does?
>
>
> I don't have a very deep understanding of how SSH works. I was under the impression that
> receiving the "Unable to exchange encryption keys" error I am getting
> was related to the reason that libssh2_session_hostkey isn't returning
> the hostkey. If that isn't the case, them I'm a bit lost as to what is
> wrong. It happens to every server I try to connect to so far.
> -- / daniel.haxx.se

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