SCP - Server unexpectly closed network connection

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SocraticBliss
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SCP - Server unexpectly closed network connection

When attempting to open a tunnel-ed SCP protocol connection, starting with WinSCP 6.4.2 Beta, I immediately receive a "Server unexpectly closed network connection".

I can successfully connect with previous version of WinSCP, I can also connect on the latest version of WinSCP, if I change the Protocol to SFTP (but would highly prefer to have SCP working again).

Tested on the following Portable versions:

6.3.1 | works
6.3.7 | works
6.4.0 (beta) | works
6.4.1 (beta) | works
6.4.2 (beta) | does not work
6.4.3 | does not work
6.5.1 | does not work
6.5.2 | does not work

Attached some logs of the attempts on both 6.4.1 (working) and 6.4.2 (not working)

I even tried compiling the WinSCP 6.4.2 Beta version to attempt to add additional debugging messages, but I'll be damned if I am paying $2400 to simply compile WinSCP (...and yes, I even tried with the latest Community Version 23.0 and ran into compatibility issues while compiling)
  • WinSCP_6.4.1_Redacted.log (43.02 KB, Private file)
  • WinSCP_6.4.2_Redacted.log (24.62 KB, Private file)

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SocraticBliss

Thanks for taking a look! Glad to see that you may think that you have a potential solution :)

P.S. Any chance of moving away from needing to use that specific compiler? I would think it could help better maintain things from a long term perspective.

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martin
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I'm just moving to a new compiler. But I do not think the compiler is the problem. It's rather the IDE/libraries used. And that's unlikely to change any time soon, sorry.

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SocraticBliss

Apologies, I guess I was lumping the IDE and the Compiler into one, if the Object Pascal programming language is still needing to be used, that is somewhat unfortunate... (due to the costs required), but I guess somewhat understandable.

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SocraticBliss

I noticed that the Issue 2388 – Dropbear SSH server on some devices rejects connection – possibly due to new KEX algorithms, doesn't appear to have a lot of movement... is it still being considered to be resolved?

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martin
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@SocraticBliss: I believe that this is primarily server-side problem. So it should be resolved on Dropbear side. A workaround on WinSCP side is possible, but only if there's sufficient demand – what is not the case atm. Sorry.

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Guest

Ok understood, I will let the users know that they should continue to use WinSCP v6.3.1/7 if they want to connect.

Thanks!

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