Error: SCP failed to transfer to x.x.x.x:x: permission denied (publickey, password). Lost connection.

Products

• CASB Security Standard
• CASB Security Premium
• CASB Security Advanced
• CASB Audit
• CASB Gateway
• CASB Gateway Advanced

Issue/Introduction

Unable to SCP logs to a CASB Audit data source using WSA.

SCP failed to transfer to x.x.x.x:x: permission denied (publickey, password). Lost connection.

Cause

The DSS(DSA) are disabled in OpenSSH 7 because it is too weak.

Resolution

Use RSA for session security.