On a RH6.0 box, openssh compiled by me: openssh 1.2.2 with openssl 0.9.4 without rsaref worked fine openssh 1.2.3 with openssl 0.9.5a with rsaref gives me the error rsa_public_encrypt() failed to only SOME (ssh-1.2.2x) hosts, but not all. I have traced this to the fact that they were run with -b 1024 instead of the default 768. I have switched most of these back to the default so they work now. Is this expected behavior? I have not searched through the code to find out why it happens or if it should. Craig