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I am trying to connect to an SFTP server but I am receiving the following exception:

com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException: Algorithm negotiation fail

When using the following connection code:

    final JSch jsch = new JSch();
    jsch.addIdentity(
            username,
            privateKey.getBytes(),
            publicKey.getBytes(),
            null
    );

    Session jschSession = jsch.getSession("username", "server.com");
    jschSession.setConfig("StrictHostKeyChecking", "no");
    jschSession.connect();

    Channel channel = jschSession.openChannel("sftp");
    channel.connect();

    return (ChannelSftp) channel;

I am getting the following error:

Connecting to server.com port 22
Connection established
Remote version string: SSH-2.0-AWS_SFTP_1.1
Local version string: SSH-2.0-JSCH-0.1.54
CheckCiphers: aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr,aes256-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes128-cbc,3des-ctr,arcfour,arcfour128,arcfour256
CheckKexes: diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521
CheckSignatures: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521
SSH_MSG_KEXINIT sent
SSH_MSG_KEXINIT received
kex: server: curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
kex: server: rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256
kex: server: aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr
kex: server: aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr
kex: server: hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256
kex: server: hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256
kex: server: none,zlib@openssh.com
kex: server: none,zlib@openssh.com
kex: server: 
kex: server: 
kex: client: ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
kex: client: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521
kex: client: aes128-ctr,aes128-cbc,3des-ctr,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,aes192-ctr,aes192-cbc,aes256-ctr,aes256-cbc
kex: client: aes128-ctr,aes128-cbc,3des-ctr,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,aes192-ctr,aes192-cbc,aes256-ctr,aes256-cbc
kex: client: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
kex: client: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
kex: client: none
kex: client: none
kex: client: 
kex: client: 
Disconnecting from server.com port 22

com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException: Algorithm negotiation fail

I believe the server is an AWS Transfer Family SFTP box using TransferSecurityPolicy-2022-03 as defined here -> https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transfer/latest/userguide/security-policies.html#cryptographic-algorithms

It appears this library is too old to connect? I am using the latest version JSch (0.1.55) and using Corretto v17 which already has Java Unlimited Strength Cryptography enabled by default.

Thoughts?

John Russell
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This issue is resolved by using this drop-in fork of JSch -> https://github.com/mwiede/jsch

As described in the project:

OpenSSH has disabled ssh-rsa in release 8.8 per default and a library is needed which supports rsa-sha2-256 and rsa-sha2-512.

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