mircea_popescu http://trilema.com/2017/how-i-almost-created-a-constellation-of-bitcoin-nodes/ in conclusion.
asciilifeform didja mention the actual cause ?
* asciilifeform reads

mircea_popescu well i dunno teh actual cause beyond "ssh tunnels suck".
asciilifeform btw does ssh work on that box at all ?
asciilifeform ( can ssh to localhost ? )

mircea_popescu im in neh ?
asciilifeform nope, that's sshd
asciilifeform i mean ssh.
asciilifeform client.

mircea_popescu ah
mircea_popescu i have nfi.
asciilifeform try?

mircea_popescu Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic).
mircea_popescu i dun have a key.
asciilifeform that's farther than it gets here.

mircea_popescu yea.
asciilifeform btw if you addwire dulap straight, it'll run plaintext.

mircea_popescu bout same as -addnode neh
asciilifeform again, no
asciilifeform trb FORGETS NODES
asciilifeform deliberately.

mircea_popescu yes yes.
mircea_popescu anyway, nevermind this, it's a total timesink and out of line anyway.
mircea_popescu pick rsatron or wallet split, do that.
mircea_popescu evidently new ssh is needed altogether.
asciilifeform funnily enough that's what the wire thing was originally intended to run with
asciilifeform but 'g' not ready for prime time yet.
asciilifeform i'ma knee deep in rsatron.

mircea_popescu well... when it is.
asciilifeform anyway you can switch wire off (just omit the flag, dun have to rebuild the binary) if you're happy to let the thing occasionally forget that dulap or any of the other known boxes exist
asciilifeform i'd still like to know wtf is the deal with your ssh client, but 0 clue and yes potentially infinite tarpit.

mircea_popescu the sad fact of the matter is that "dulap" or any specified boxes don't, actually, exist. not as of yet.
asciilifeform aha.
asciilifeform this also.
asciilifeform sorta why i did not recommend straight tcp wire.
asciilifeform i'ma let folx back in nao.

mircea_popescu and i'm not too eager to spend resources to convince the machine to not forget my own cherished hallucinations. might as well call things thinking(); for that money
mircea_popescu and yes, do.
asciilifeform (the ones whose ssh worx..)

mircea_popescu i am not sure a situation where you can't say why it "works" and why it doesn't work can be called working, but let's go with it.
asciilifeform whole machine is made of this, can laugh or cry. sorta why i want to make a new one.
asciilifeform thx for grunting through this experiment. consider updating article with the find..

mircea_popescu which find ?
asciilifeform that ssh breaks