OpenSSH errors with "Bad configuration option" when using KexAlgorithms in ssh_config in RHEL 6.2
Issue
- Some of our scripts use
diffie-hellman
algorithm but it seems thatdiffie-hellman
algorithm is not supported by this RHEL6openssh
package and because of which we are facing issues (An error message "Bad configuration option" is printed on the console duing bootup and finally the ssh is not accessible)
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.2
- openssh < openssh-5.3p1-94.el6.x86_64
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