Putty error: Server unexpectedly closed network connection

[Bill Ricker]

> If anyone reading this has an IP address with valid RDNS, please try to
> access billhorne.homelinux.org via ssh, and let me know if you get a
> "login as:"  prompt.

My commercial shell-account should have RDNS ok ...  no dice.

 -- Bill

shell01.TheWorld.com% ssh billhorne.homelinux.org
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

shell01.TheWorld.com% ssh -v guest at billhorne.homelinux.org
OpenSSH_2.9p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090601f
debug1: Reading configuration data /usr/local/etc/ssh_config
debug1: Seeding random number generator
debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be trusted.
debug1: restore_uid
debug1: ssh_connect: getuid 1913 geteuid 0 anon 1
debug1: Connecting to billhorne.homelinux.org [66.92.86.246] port 22.
debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 1913/1913 (e=0)
debug1: restore_uid
debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 1913/1913 (e=0)
debug1: restore_uid
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA
debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
debug1: identity file /home/foyer/wdr/.ssh/identity type 0
debug1: identity file /home/foyer/wdr/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/foyer/wdr/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
debug1: Calling cleanup 0x1003ae58(0x0)

Same result without guest at .