No matching host key type found. Their offer: ssh-dss

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Example error message

ssh root@192.168.8.109

Unable to negotiate with 192.168.8.109 port 22: no matching host key type found. Their offer: ssh-dss

Add an entry for the host in your ~/.ssh/config

host 192.168.8.109
 hostname 192.168.8.109
 HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-dss

NanoVi/ Vim

nano ~/.ssh/config

vi ~/.ssh/config

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