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   Message 30,510 of 33,243   
   Gamgee to nelgin   
   Re: Fedora issues   
   20 Oct 24 07:54:00   
   
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   PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/eb6034666 Aug 10 202 GCC 11.2.0   
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   BBSID: PALANTIR   
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   -=> nelgin wrote to All <=-   
      
    ne> Just a heads up that if you have users that are trying to use recent   
    ne> version of Fedora, at least 38 and also confirmed on 40, they will not   
    ne> be able to connect using ssh and the default settings.   
      
    ne> There's an /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/50-redhat.conf file which includes   
    ne> some policy file that changes a number of defaults.   
      
    ne> This results in "Invalid key length" when someone tries to ssh to your   
    ne> board.   
      
    ne> I filed a bug report and assigned it to Deuce since he did all the ssh   
    ne> stuff but he unassigned it so I guess we're fucked.   
      
   Seems like a Fedora issue to me.  Maybe they can fix/change their    
   "policy file".   
      
    ne> One work around is to use   
      
    ne> ssh -oRequiredRSASize=1024 user@host   
      
    ne> But...since they cannot connect, you can't tell you user that.   
      
   They can connect via telnet, or web.   
      
    ne> The fix would be for synchronet to generate 2048 byte host keys but the   
    ne> looks of things. Good luck.   
      
   Not sure, but would that break the SSH function for everything else?   
      
      
      
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