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Re: can't connect to ssh server on windows xp
Dave Korn wrote:
[snip]
> "Connection refused" has a very precise meaning: it means that in response
> to the outbound SYN packet, the remote host returned a RST instead of a
> SYN/ACK. This happens when the port in question is closed - nothing
> listening - but *not* firewalled. A firewalled port will return nothing at
> all, which is generally referred to as "stealthed", and which will
> eventually cause the socket initiating the outbound connection to time out.
I stand corrected.
Back to the original post... then the problem is that sshd is not running, or at
least not listening at port 22.
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René Berber
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