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From: Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Eisner/Encompasserve down
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 11:45:36 -0400
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On 2024-08-30 18:57:12 +0000, Hunter Goatley said:

> AFAIK, EISNER has been available this entire time (once you use the 
> correct port). Is anyone (still) having problems connecting?

macOS 13.6.9; Ventura current.

% # default ssh attempt, on the variant port
% ssh -p 22867 -vvv myremoteuser@eisner.decus.org
OpenSSH_9.0p1, LibreSSL 3.3.6
debug1: Reading configuration data /Users/mylocaluser/.ssh/config
debug1: /Users/hoffman/.ssh/config line 20: Applying options for *
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/* 
matched no files
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 54: Applying options for *
debug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> 
'/Users/mylocaluser/.ssh/known_hosts'
debug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> 
'/Users/mylocaluser/.ssh/known_hosts2'
debug1: Authenticator provider $SSH_SK_PROVIDER did not resolve; disabling
debug1: Connecting to eisner.decus.org port 22867.
ssh: connect to host eisner.decus.org port 22867: Connection refused
%
% # ssh with the backward-compatibility options selected:
%  ssh -p 22867 -vvv -o HostKeyAlgorithms=ssh-rsa,ssh-dss -o 
KexAlgorithms=diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 -o Ciphers=aes128-cbc,3des-cbc 
-o MACs=hmac-md5,hmac-sha1 myremoteuser@eisner.decus.org
OpenSSH_9.0p1, LibreSSL 3.3.6
.... [same sequence]
%
% # default connection, but with no certificates used
% ssh -o PubkeyAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=password 
-p 22867 myremoteuser@eisner.decus.org
ssh: connect to host eisner.decus.org port 22867: Connection refused
%
% # and this included because "it's always DNS":
% dig +short eisner.decus.org
192.42.95.250
% dig +short @8.8.8.8 eisner.decus.org
192.42.95.250
% dig +short -x 192.42.95.250
eisner.decus.org.
% dig +short @8.8.8.8 -x 192.42.95.250
eisner.decus.org.
%
% # That all seems to be a consistently-referenced IPv4 A record.
%
% # Seems the other decuserve DNS is still tangled with HP/HPE, which 
is why I've been using the eisner.decus.org name:
% dig +short @8.8.8.8 decuserve.org
15.197.225.128
3.33.251.168
%


I'd initially suspect something has been upgraded within the local 
macOS 13.6.9 OpenSSH ssh client, and it's again become incompatible 
with OpenVMS ssh. Still digging.



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