When login via ssh, stuck at "debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP"

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Issue

When SSH login stuck and added "-vvv" option, we saw that it hung with below messages.

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debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<3072<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • Interface with MTU 9000

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