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AFP over SSH Tunnel
Authored by: jms1 on Mar 02, '07 11:25:57PM

two things are going on.

first, the "host key" for your server (the machine you're trying to connect TO) has changed. this can happen if the machine's OS had been re-installed since the last time you ssh'd into it from this client machine, or if the host key was explicitly changed for some reason.

second, the IP address of your server has changed. if the server doesn't have a static IP (which i suspect is the case, because of the "dyndns" name) then this is to be expected.

if possible, watch the logs on the server while trying to ssh into it from this client. when you issue the ssh command on the client, the server's log file should show an incoming ssh connection from the client's IP address. if it doesn't show this but the client is still getting a response from "something", then either you're looking at the wrong log file, or sshd's logging on the server was disabled somehow, or you are indeed connecting to the wrong server (which is the danger it's trying to warn you about.)

as a testing option, you may want to issue the ssh command using the server's IP address instead of the name, after verifying the server's IP address through other means. this way you can be sure that there are no DNS issues which may be causing problems (like somebody hacking the dyndns servers to make your server's name point to the wrong IP address.)



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