Re: ssh question

Hi Larry,

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 2:00 AM, Dazed_75 <lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:

> I tried to ssh from this machine to my laptop (ssh lapdog3) and find that
> ssh is somehow using an old IP instead of doing name resolution on th e name
> lapdog2 which now has a new lease on a different IP.
>

Where did you configure the name to IP address {either}:

dns
/etc/hosts


Sometimes if you are using dyndns or another dynamic dns tool, the ip does
update but it can take a few days to propigate throughout the Internet.

Check your /etc/resolv.conf file and see where you are querying for DNS.

/etc/nsswitch.conf determines if you first query files or dns (and nis which
few use still in linux). It should say files (for /etc/hosts) first then
dns.

>
> 1) How do I fix this?
>

Check to see if you have a key in $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts for your server
name or IP.

You can cache a key for either or both servername and IP.

You can turn off strict checking in /etc/ssh/sshd_conf and it won't matter
but it's a security feature so only do this for testing.

Also, please post the exact error you are getting so we can verify what the
problem is?


> 2) Why does ssh use an old, apparently, stored IP?
>

It caches a key for a known host based on strict dns/ip host checking as
part of SSH rfc. This is all part of key exchange, to waylay IP spoofing
wherein someone could do a MITM attack and pretend to be your server or your
host.

>
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