Thanks, Greg, for the comments, but I still wonder how the University's
computer managed to get a message to my computer through my
Dachstein firewall.  (My original ssh session worked fine.  It was only
18 hours later that I got the "Connection reset by peer" message.)
If the University can get to my computer, who else can?  And how
do I stop it? 

On Friday 12 April 2002 08:56 pm, you wrote:
> ummm...a little more research points to a problem on the university
> site.
> http://support.pinehurst.net/netscape/network_error.html
> "Why do I get "Network Error: Connection Reset By Peer?"
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-----
>
>
> Question:
> When I try to download something from a particular site, I receive a
> message that the connection was reset by peer. How do I resolve this?
>
> Answer:
>
> A connection reset by peer message means that the site you are connected
> to has reset the connection. This is usually caused by a high amount of
> traffic on the site, but may be caused by a server error as well. You
> will need to contact the site administrator or webmaster and inform them
> of this error message if it persists.
>
> Usually waiting a short amount of time and trying to access that site
> again is all it takes to get through to it.
>
> Greg Morgan wrote:
> > Mike Sussman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> > > I have observed a strange message and I hope one of you can shed some
> > > light on it.
> > >
> > > Last night I logged into my university shell account using ssh.  I did
> > > some work and logged out.  This afternoon (maybe 18 hours later) I
> > > received the following message:
> > >   "Read from remote host euler.math.pitt.edu: Connection reset by peer"
> > > The message appears to be saying that euler.math.pitt.edu sent me a
> > > message this afternoon and that my computer recognized it as related to
> > > last night's ssh session.  If that interpretation is true, HOW DID THE
> > > MESSAGE GET THROUGH THE DACHSTEIN FIREWALL?  I have no ports opened.
> >
> > Sometimes *nix systems keep track of your last logon and report it back
> > to you but this may not be the case here.
> >
> > Second I think this is the university's ssh daemon talking to you and
> > nothing is coming through your firwall.  I think your connection worked
> > 18 hours ago and now you are having problems.
> >
> > I searched google and came across this message.  It hints that you may
> > have a configuration problem, or the University may be having a
> > problem.  The url is here and a copy of the message. I'd replace putty
> > with your ssh client and Redhat with the university's ssh server when
> > you read the message.
> > http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.cfm/lev2/3/lev3/20/pid/54/qid/197750
> >
> > "dpjc (Visitor) Mar 8, 2002
> > I tried to  use PuTTY to make a ssh connection to a redhat 7.2 server
> > running sshd daemon.( by installing openssh-server2.9p2). But instead of
> > getting connected,it keep give me this error: "Network error: connection
> > reset by peer"
> >
> > I have been looking for the solution for almost a day through numerous
> > sites without still can't find the solution.
> >
> > Is anybody out there can help?
> >
> > ifincham (IS/IT--Manageme) Mar 8, 2002
> > Hi,
> >
> > First suspect would be the RH 7.2 firewall. Did you allow port 22 (ssh)
> > through ? Unless you know you disabled that or configured it already
> > then 'lokkit' is often one of the reasons people can't connect to a
> > RH7.x machine out of the box. You can admin lokkit  via :
> >
> > # /usr/sbin/lokkit
> >
> > ... simplest is to set you lan interface as trusted. Then restart the
> > network :
> >
> > # /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart
> >
> > Otherwise, see the openssh chapter of the RH Customisation guide -->
> > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/custom-guide/open
> >ssh.html
> >
> > When you have the basics working see also -->
> > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/ref-guide/s1-ssh-
> >requiring.html
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> >
> > aixmurderer (IS/IT--Manageme) Mar 8, 2002
> > For a client I have taken to SecureNetterm as my preferred ssh client,
> > found it pretty robust with lots of extras built-in. One nice feature is
> > the ability to generate private and public keys, doing away with the
> > need for passphrase authentication when connecting.
> >
> > As for setting up SSH (openSSH) on a mix of Sun, AIX and Linux, the info
> > out there was pretty sparse. I ended up buying the O-Reilly SSH book, a
> > bit pricy, but excellent.
> >
> > The "connection reset by peer" may be that your sshd daemon isn't
> > running, do a ps -ef|grep sshd and see if it's up. But then it may be a
> > firewall/router issue as well as ifincham said.
> > IBM Certified Specialist - MQSeries
> >
> >
> > dpjc (Visitor) Mar 10, 2002
> > Thanks guys. It is the firewall setting which blocks the SSH port. Now
> > it works. Thanks, ifincham & aixmurderer.
> >
> > > I have set ssh on the firewall to listen only to the internal net. I
> > > have no kernel modules to pass packets. I have no services (except the
> > > internal ssh) running on the firewall.
> > >
> > > I must be misinterpreting something.  Please educate me.
> > > --
> > >                        Mike Sussman
> > >                        [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > I hope this helps,
> > Greg Morgan

-- 
                       Mike Sussman
                       [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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