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  • kex_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer Red Hat 8

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    I see this error very often on my RedHat 8 servers.
    I have an rsync cron job to sync my logs from RH 8 to CentOS 6.5 server.
    when I ssh between these servers it seems fine, even with the ssh keys.
    But sometimes I get below errors with corn jobs.

    From user@server.domain.com Wed Dec 2 11:30:32 2020
    Return-Path: user@server.domain.com
    X-Original-To: user@server.domain.com
    Delivered-To: user@server.domain.com
    Received: from server.domain.com (localhost [127.0.0.1])
    by server.domain.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EDC8C20013A
    for user@server.domain.com; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 11:30:32 -0500 (EST)
    Received: (from user@localhost)
    by server.domain.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 0B2GU2eb1296865;
    Wed, 2 Dec 2020 11:30:02 -0500
    Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 11:30:02 -0500
    Message-Id: 202012021630.0B2GU2eb1296865@server.domain.com
    From: "(Cron Daemon)" user@server.domain.com
    To: user@server.domain.com
    Subject: Cron /home/user/rsync-log.sh
    MIME-Version: 1.0
    Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
    Auto-Submitted: auto-generated
    Precedence: bulk
    X-Cron-Env:
    X-Cron-Env:
    X-Cron-Env:
    X-Cron-Env:
    X-Cron-Env:
    X-Cron-Env:
    X-Cron-Env:
    X-Cron-Env:
    X-Cron-Env:
    Status: O

    kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
    kex_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer
    rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
    rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(226) [sender=3.1.3]

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