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I'm having an issue where ssh is somehow failing.

At first the key exchange methods werent available, and after solving that issue, I now run into this.

ssh_dispatch_run_fatal: Connection to x.x.x.x port 22: error in libcrypto

Since this issue is probably very specific, I can't seem to find a solution that works.

This is the config file I used to solve my first issue:

Host x.x.x.x
        KexAlgorithms +diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
        HostKeyAlgorithms +ssh-rsa
        PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms +ssh-rsa
I'm running a Rocky client to connect to a CRS1000v router. These are all virtual, and ssh is already set up.
Note:
SSH from my windows machine is working just fine
I can't adjust the router, as this gets setup using Ansible. This would defeat the purpose.
Error log
OpenSSH_8.7p1, OpenSSL 3.0.1 14 Dec 2021
debug1: Reading configuration data /home/student/.ssh/config
debug1: /home/student/.ssh/config line 1: Applying options for x.x.x.x
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/50-redhat.conf
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/openssh.config
debug1: configuration requests final Match pass
debug1: re-parsing configuration
debug1: Reading configuration data /home/student/.ssh/config
debug1: /home/student/.ssh/config line 1: Applying options for x.x.x.x
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/50-redhat.conf
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/openssh.config
debug1: Connecting to x.x.x.x [x.x.x.x] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /home/student/.ssh/id_rsa type 0
debug1: identity file /home/student/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/student/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/student/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/student/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/student/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/student/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk type -1
debug1: identity file /home/student/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/student/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1
debug1: identity file /home/student/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/student/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk type -1
debug1: identity file /home/student/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/student/.ssh/id_xmss type -1
debug1: identity file /home/student/.ssh/id_xmss-cert type -1
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_8.7
debug1: Remote protocol version 1.99, remote software version Cisco-1.25
debug1: compat_banner: match: Cisco-1.25 pat Cisco-1.* compat 0x60000000
debug1: Authenticating to x.x.x.x:22 as 'cisco'
debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /home/student/.ssh/known_hosts2: No such file or directory
debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts: No such file or directory
debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts2: No such file or directory
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: algorithm: diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ssh-rsa
debug1: kex: selibcryptorver->client cipher: aes256-ctr MAC: hmac-sha2-256 compression: none
debug1: kex: client->server cipher: aes256-ctr MAC: hmac-sha2-256 compression: none
debug1: kex: diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 need=32 dh_need=32
debug1: kex: diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 need=32 dh_need=32
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY received
debug1: Server host key: ssh-rsa SHA256:BgNFRrSvO+r2m8+MzUNlS5GdzXPJmyW2jeyt2NkzY3o
debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /home/student/.ssh/known_hosts2: No such file or directory
debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts: No such file or directory
debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts2: No such file or directory
debug1: Host 'x.x.x.x' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /home/student/.ssh/known_hosts:9
ssh_dispatch_run_fatal: Connection to x.x.x.x port 22: error in libcrypto
                Stackoverflow is for questions about programming or software development, which this is not. IF you are using recent RedHat or related Linux (like CentOS) see serverfault.com/questions/1125843/… and serverfault.com/questions/1110463/… where it is ontopic.
– dave_thompson_085
                Apr 30 at 18:45
                @dave_thompson_085 I didnt know there was a difference :-p Anyways, thanks for the rescource, this fixed my issue whilest helping me understand why it broke! Have a nice day!
– Amparo Walter
                Apr 30 at 19:54
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