On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 20:56:24 -0400 Michael Blumenkrantz <michael.blumenkra...@gmail.com> said:
> On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:12:53 +0930 > Simon Lees <sfl...@suse.de> wrote: > > > On 10/07/17 23:03, Mike Blumenkrantz wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've been getting this error for some time now on one of my machines when > > > I try to do git/ssh operations: > > > > > > ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host > > > fatal: Could not read from remote repository. > > > > > > Please make sure you have the correct access rights > > > and the repository exists. > > > > > > Others have been experiencing this issue as well, so it seems to be a new > > > issue with server configuration. > > > > I had to generate a stronger ssh key then it started working fine again. > > I followed > > https://help.github.com/articles/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent/ > > which recommended > > > > ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_em...@example.com" > > > > Which seems to be happily accepted by the server. Its likely some older > > keys are no longer supported as they are no longer secure. > > > > I've been using 4096-bit RSA keys successfully for 10 years now and I don't > plan to switch if I don't have to. All 3 of my machines use the same type of > key, and only one of them works with git as of now. This has been an > intermittent issue for years, but it's never lasted for such a long time > before, nor have I heard of it affecting anyone else until now. this issue is new. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
