error: kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

[jclendineng]

Anyone else seeing this message after the update?

error: kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

Ill note im seeing this same message originating from each interface in opnsense on my other servers.  Spams log almost every hour on the dot.

Edit: make that every 15 minutes on the dot :)

Edit 2: I think this is ntopng actually, ill disable, and report back after 20 minutes or so.  All servers on network see same flood of ssh requests every 15 minutes so I THINK ntopng is doing this for network discovery.  Its a working theory.  Ill report back with my findings.

Edit 3: Yep ntopng was the culprit.  If anyone else runs into this, possibly disable network discovery on the app to stop.