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SSH login error: no common Kex alg [How to Solve]

ssh login to solaris10 with error.

Jan 19 11:02:51 node1 sshd[7489]: fatal: no common kex alg: client ‘diffie-hellman-group1-sha1’, server ‘gss-group1-sha1-toWM5Slw5Ew8Mqkay+al2g==’

This problem is caused by the ssh key, you need to regenerate the rsa and dsa key.

root@node1 :/etc/ssh #> ls -ltr
total 194
-rwxr–r–   1 root     sys          861 Jan 22  2005 ssh_config
-rwxr–r–   1 root     sys        88301 Jan 22  2005 moduli
-rwxr–r–   1 root     root         887 Nov  7  2010 ssh_host_rsa_key
-rwxr–r–   1 root     root         227 Nov  7  2010 ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
-rwxr–r–   1 root     root         668 Nov  7  2010 ssh_host_dsa_key
-rwxr–r–   1 root     root         607 Nov  7  2010 ssh_host_dsa_key.pub
-rwxr–r–   1 root     sys         5026 Nov  7  2010 sshd_config

Delete the original key
root@node1 :/etc/ssh #> rm -rf ssh_host_*

Generate a new key
root@node1 :/etc/ssh #> /lib/svc/method/sshd -c
Creating new rsa public/private host key pair
Creating new dsa public/private host key pair

Restart ssh service
root@node1 :/etc/ssh #> svcadm restart ssh