in reply to Re^3: Net::SSH::Perl hangs at "Waiting for NEWKEYS message."
in thread Net::SSH::Perl hangs at "Waiting for NEWKEYS message."

I tried applying the patch in the link posted, but that bug reported seems to be unrelated, as a patched version still exhibits the OP's issue.
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