Re: sshd buildup of CLOSE_WAIT leading to unable to function

[Joshua Hudson <joshudson at gmail dot com>]

Sorry took so long to reply. Only reply was set to the mailing list
but not to me.

> BLODA?

No listed BLODA installed.

CLOSE_WAIT entries do not appear to build up from normal ssh use via
the cygwin ssh client. All CLOSE_WAIT entries show IP addresses not
ours. (Port is open on a public IP address. Only private key
authentication allowed.)

On 4/1/14, Joshua Hudson <joshudson@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi. I'm getting a situation on one machine where sshd will fail to
> accept connections in a way that says "connection refused" even though
> it is listening. The server shows a large (58) number of connections
> in CLOSE_WAIT.
>
> A Google search leads me to
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-01/msg01235.html
> and eventually to
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q198663
> but I don't think that's right. Somebody else managed to this this in 2009
> http://www.44342.com/ssh-f1158-t3789-p1.htm
>
>
> Version:
>
> OpenSSH_6.4p1, OpenSSL 1.0.1e 11 Feb 2013
> CYGWIN_NT-6.1 redacted 1.7.25(0.270/5/3) 2013-08-31 20:37 x86_64 Cygwin
>

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