I've been sshing into my computer at home from the public library's computers for the last week or so (library across street from school). Now though, I get the error:

Error connecting to b3ghblahblahblah.bc.hsia.telus.net, reason:
-> security.Couldn't connect to 'b3blahblah.bc.hsia.telus.net' with oriom 'ait.web.psi.ch'.

ait.web.psi.ch is the website where I get the ssh applet from. This is a different applet then the one I used before because the one I used before has decided not to exist anymore. I was led to beleive that this was a local java security problem, but at home I tried "ssh localhost" and it didn't like me then either (the error I can post later if you want).

pah.

Could it be an SSH version problem? (Using SSH1 instead of SSH2 or vice versa).

or like in PuTTY you get 4 options "raw" "SSH" or "telnet" and the last one i forgot ... may it be the fact your radio button is on raw or telnet ? Try using PuTTY if you are not using it already it comes with MD5 !

I suspect the error given when you do "ssh localhost" is more useful in terms of diagnostics; there's rather less to go wrong in that situation.

Vladimir, your post makes no sense. The issue has nothing to do with Putty; Putty talks a number of different protocols. However, we're talking about dedicated ssh clients. You don't get the problem you seem to be talking about with a dedicated ssh client.

Aghhh a simple dedicated ssh1/2 client you mean a UNIX one , i know , sorry ... well authentication is an issue with SSH is it not ?

I use the java applet ssh clients, they work like a charm but they all get that error now.

Dude , your problem is most probably a firewall , my experience of using library ssh java clients shows that as java is actually running on your computer ( the library one ) the port in blocked. Try some URL such as gopher:// , because firewalls usually block them too ... hope this was of help !

mop, if "ssh localhost" gives you an error, that is probably the most useful error for debugging. Please supply that error.