tag 708387 +patch thank you Fedora seem to actually have fixed the issue in 1.8.12-6. The .src.rpm found at <http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/ipmitool/1.8.12/6.fc18/src/ipmitool-1.8.12-6.fc18.src.rpm> contains the attached patch.
Cheers, -Hilko
diff -up ./lib/ipmi_main.c.cip ./lib/ipmi_main.c --- ./lib/ipmi_main.c.cip 2012-11-16 14:03:17.729119605 +0100 +++ ./lib/ipmi_main.c 2012-11-16 14:03:25.448123005 +0100 @@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ ipmi_main(int argc, char ** argv, char * seloem = NULL; int port = 0; int devnum = 0; - int cipher_suite_id = 1; /* See table 22-19 of the IPMIv2 spec */ + int cipher_suite_id = 3; /* See table 22-19 of the IPMIv2 spec */ int argflag, i, found; int rc = -1; char sol_escape_char = SOL_ESCAPE_CHARACTER_DEFAULT;