[GTALUG] Network issues with github

[Giles Orr]

Hi Alex.

On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 at 16:50, Alex Beamish via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> This is probably a blindingly obvious question, but I'm a little stumped. I've done a little work for local business, setting up a Linux server (Ubuntu), developing some code and pushing it to github. It's all worked wonderfully until a few weeks ago, when he had someone in to do something to the network. Since then, Things Are Broken in ways that I don't understand.
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> When I try to do anything with github, I see the response
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>   Received disconnect from 140.82.113.3 port 22:2: Connection blocked because server only allows public key authentication. Please contact your network administrator.
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> Because I was worried I'd borked my account, this afternoon I tried again, creating a brand-new account and ssh-ing in .. and still got the same result.
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> My github account works fine from my own machine, and also from my web provider (pair.com), so I'm guessing there's something going on within my client's network. Suggestions gratefully received.

I apologize if this is something you've already looked at, but the #1
Google hit for "Connection blocked because server only allows public
key authentication" does look relevant:

https://superuser.com/questions/1466177/connection-blocked-because-server-only-allows-public-key-authentication-putty-f

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Giles
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