Bug#612607: Connecting to older ssh version has cipher negotiation problem

For the record, -hpn is a contemporary patchset for high-performance SSH throughput and actively maintained, from what I gather from the OpenSSH mailing list. And the bug isn’t restricted to that… I had the corresponding Launchpad bug subscribed, so it must have hit me at some point. I agree that

Bug#612607: Connecting to older ssh version has cipher negotiation problem

Hi, I'm having the same problem: $ ssh -v host OpenSSH_5.8p1 Debian-2, OpenSSL 0.9.8o 01 Jun 2010 debug1: Reading configuration data /home/taem/.ssh/config debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: Applying options for * debug1: Connecting to host [10.0.0.1] port 22. debug1:

Bug#612607: Connecting to older ssh version has cipher negotiation problem

Package: openssh-client Version: 1:5.8p1-2 The problem is the dreaded "Read from socket failed". The solution is to manually add the cipher to the command line. Broken: $ ssh -v stephen@hostname OpenSSH_5.8p1 Debian-2, OpenSSL 0.9.8o 01 Jun 2010 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_con