Re: problem with ~/.ssh/config ?

["John Hein" <3fbmqnhaz4@snkmail.com>]

Lee wrote at 17:59 -0400 on Sep 15, 2015:
 > OpenSSH 7.0 defaults to no support for diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 key
 > exchange which is a problem with certain devices:
 >
 > $ ssh  10.10.3.5
 > Unable to negotiate with 10.10.3.5: no matching key exchange method
 > found. Their offer: diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
 >
 > http://www.openssh.com/legacy.html  has two work-arounds:
 > 1. add "-oKexAlgorithms=+diffie-hellman-group1-sha1" to the ssh
 > command -- which works for me
 > 2. add "Host * KexAlgorithms +diffie-hellman-group1-sha1" to
 > ~/.ssh/config -- which does not work for me
 >
 > What's the trick for getting the KexAlgorithms param in ~/.ssh/config to work?
 >
 > $ cat ~/.ssh/config
  .
  .
 > # IOS devices running "Remote protocol version 1.99, remote software
 > version Cisco-1.25"
 > # only do diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 for key exchange & OpenSSH 7.0
 > has it disabled by default.
 > # re-enable & add to the end of the list:
 > Host  *  KexAlgorithms +diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
  .
  .


The trick is a newline.  Host entry on one line, config settings
on lines below it.

Not a cygwin question.

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