sshd: error: kex_exchange_identification: client sent invalid protocol identifier ""
Issue
- The below message is logged into
/var/log/secure
.
Jan 10 14:37:39 hostname sshd[2805543]: error: kex_exchange_identification: client sent invalid protocol identifier ""
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- openssh
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