Thomas Ronayne wrote:
> This may seem kind of silly, but... is the daemon running?

you don't need an ssh daemon running if you want to use the ssh
client. sshd is used when you want to allow others to connect *to* your
box, not when you want to connect to a remote server *from* your box.

> trying to connect with -- unless the machine is configured to not reply
> to ping (which is a good idea -- keeps the script kiddies out of your
> pants).

i'm not sure if script kiddies use ping to see if there are doors to knock
on. they may just try and connect directly, without trying to ping first.

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