Old version of ProFTPD doesn’t support the default key exchange set so sftp was timing out.
Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer
On the proftpd logs:
mod_sftp/0.9.8[6628]: message format error: unable to write 1025 bytes of mpint (buflen = 1023)
mod_sftp/0.9.8[6628]: disconnecting (Application error)
Client running verbose:
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<8192<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
Received disconnect from [...]: 11: Application error
Server responses when running verbose:
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<7680<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
Note the mismatch in KEX sizes.
Fix by choosing a key exchange algorithm that is supported:
sftp -oKexAlgorithms=diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
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