SSHd audit logs contain UNKNOWN instead of client ip address

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Issue

OpenSSHd audit events, which are being logged to /var/log/secure by default, contain UNKNOWN instead of clients ip address for a number of cases, including "Bad protocol version identification" error handling.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.x, openssh 4.3

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