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Error for SSH connections with ciphers having a domain in their names like aes256-gcm@openssh.com

Bugzilla Link 530119
Status NEW
Importance P3 normal
Reported Jan 22, 2018 05:02 EDT
Modified Jan 22, 2018 05:02 EDT
Version 3.7
Reporter Ralph Moenchmeyer

Description

Recommended modern ciphers for SSH-connections include

chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,
aes256-gcm@openssh.com

A line like

Ciphers chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-cbc,aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr,aes192-cbc

in the user's SSH-configuraiton file ~/.ssh/config works perfectly as long as SSH-connections are started on the Linux command line.

However, with Eclipse Oxygen such lines in the ~/.ssh/config-file lead to an Error
"..... java.lang.NullPointerException"

This does not happen for lines like

Ciphers aes256-ctr,aes256-cbc

Tested on Opensuse Leap 42.3 and Debian Jessie.