Comment 2 for bug 596399

Im getting exactly the same crash, authenticating with RSA public key:

>>> t = paramiko.Transport((hostname, port))
>>> t.start_client()
>>> transport.remote_version
 'SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.8'
>>> sftp = paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(t)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "scp.py", line 52, in <module>
    sftp = paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(t)
  File "C:\python26\lib\site-packages\paramiko\sftp_client.py", line 106, in from_transport
    return cls(chan)
  File "C:\python26\lib\site-packages\paramiko\sftp_client.py", line 87, in __init__
    server_version = self._send_version()
  File "C:\python26\lib\site-packages\paramiko\sftp.py", line 108, in _send_version
    t, data = self._read_packet()
  File "C:\python26\lib\site-packages\paramiko\sftp.py", line 179, in _read_packet
    raise SFTPError('Garbage packet received')
paramiko.SFTPError: Garbage packet received

Running with python 2.6.6, under windows xp 32 bits.
Remote machine running Fedora 16 Verne, 64bits.