SSH connection from Linux to Windows by CYGSSHD: port 22

[Chris Roehrig]

I recently had to add the following lines to my Cygwin /etc/sshd_config 
to re-enable RSA in order for my older machines to connect:

HostKeyAlgorithms +ssh-rsa
PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms +ssh-rsa


-- Chris

On 2022-03-31 06:18, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Greco Giovanni!
>
>> must port 22 on Windows server be enabled in a bidirectional way to
>> establish a connection with RSA key exchange?
>> I have a Linux server on a vlan and a Windows server on another vlan, those
>> vlans are connected thru a firewall, where port 22 is enabled from Linux
>> server to Windows server unidirectionally.
>> Connection with user and password works, but not with RSA key exchange: is
>> the problem located on port 22 unidirectional enabling?
> No, it is most likely because you are connecting to Microsoft provided
> OpenSSH.
> `netstat -aon` and `ps ax` will tell you more.
>
>