[Techtalk] ssh and name resolution

[Gayathri Swaminathan]

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> Hey Maria:
>
> Seems to work for me ( see output below )
>
> Is your reverse DNS well?
>
> <snip>
> athena# ping homer.u.washington.edu
> PING homer.u.washington.edu (140.142.15.9) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from homer22.u.washington.edu (140.142.15.9): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51
> time=725 ms
> 64 bytes from homer22.u.washington.edu (140.142.15.9): icmp_seq=2 ttl=51
> time=769 ms
> 64 bytes from homer22.u.washington.edu (140.142.15.9): icmp_seq=3 ttl=51
> time=774 ms
> ^C
> --- homer.u.washington.edu ping statistics ---
> 4 packets transmitted, 3 received, 25% packet loss, time 4060ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 725.096/756.476/774.455/22.290 ms
>
> athena#telnet homer.u.washington.edu 22
> Trying 140.142.12.214...
> Connected to homer.u.washington.edu.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_4.2
> '^]' .
> Protocol mismatch.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> athena#ssh 140.142.15.9
> The authenticity of host '140.142.15.9 (140.142.15.9)' can't be
> established.
> RSA key fingerprint is 22:c7:83:db:1c:c5:7d:10:15:23:f5:64:36:af:b5:b2.
> Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? no
> Host key verification failed.
>
> </snip>
>
>
Sorry on resend..left the last part of output.

<snip>
athena# ssh homer.u.washington.edu
The authenticity of host 'homer.u.washington.edu (140.142.12.214)' can't be
established.
RSA key fingerprint is 22:c7:83:db:1c:c5:7d:10:15:23:f5:64:36:af:b5:b2.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? no
Host key verification failed.
</snip>

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Gayathri Swaminathan
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