sftp and ssh connections failing intermittently with error ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
Issue
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Intermittently we are unable to ssh to the server. The following error shows:
# ssh server.example.com ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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