Timothy Wilson wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > I haven't been able to log in remotely to my science dept. server since > installing Debian stable on it a while ago. SSH sessions are fine from our > LAN, but from home I get the following: > > wilson at copland:~$ ssh -l wilsont science.sibley.isd197.k12.mn.us > ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host > > What's ssh_exchange_identification? FWIW, I'm using Debian woody here at > home which is the same as my workstation at work. Any ideas? > Check your /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files. You will get this error if you're being blocked by tcp-wrappers.