zlib compression not working with ssh [4]

Hello,

I upgraded today to XShell 6, selected to migrate my user data to the new version (I was using XShell 5) and I immediately faced a connection problem.

Specifically, I could not connect via ssh to my remote server. After many attempts I discovered that I can connect if I disable the zlib compression option.

Things I tried: I tried the same server with Xshell 5 and zlib compression, it works. I tried with putty and compression enabled, it works.

This is a bug with Xshell 6, since even Xshell 5 has not issue with compression but Xshell 6 fails to progress beyond the "Connection established.
To escape to local shell, press 'Ctrl+Alt+]'." message. It just hangs there and I have to close the connection tab as the keyboard won't work.

Program Ver. : Xshell 6

This is not a general issue with Zlib. Can you please let us know the following information related to your remote server:

1. UNIX/Linux type and version.
2. If you installed the ssh server and customized it, we'll need to know the package and version.
3. Xshell's connection log. You need to turn on related options in the session properties. Advanced -> Trace -> Protocol Events.

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Here is the info you asked for:

1. Gentoo Linux, amd64. No version exists, it is a rolling distribution. All packages are updated at this moment to their latest stable versions.

2. I configured the server myself, version net-misc/openssh-7.5_p1-r4. Compression is set to the default (delayed) but I believe it is a synonym for "on" in this version.

3. Connection log can be found here: https://pastebin.com/JJsPkmss

Thanks for the information. We'll further investigate this issue.

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My problem has been solved after I received an update to openssh, the Gentoo Linux version of openssh is now net-misc/openssh-7.7_p1-r4 and it works with XShell's zlib compression.