--- a/src/ch/ethz/ssh2/transport/ClientServerHello.java	Thu Jul 31 13:45:59 2014 -0700
+++ b/src/ch/ethz/ssh2/transport/ClientServerHello.java	Thu Jul 31 14:33:20 2014 -0700
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@
         bo.write(StringEncoder.GetBytes(String.format("%s\r\n", localIdentifier)));
         bo.flush();
         // Expect SSH-protoversion-softwareversion SP comments CR LF
-        String remoteIdentifier = new LineNumberReader(new InputStreamReader(bi)).readLine();
+        InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(bi);
+        LineNumberReader  lnr = new LineNumberReader(isr);
+        String remoteIdentifier = lnr.readLine();
+        if (!bi.ready() && lnr.ready()) {
+            int  a= 1;  // break
+        }
 
         if (null == remoteIdentifier) {
             throw new IOException("Premature connection close");