Connection reset by peer using ssh

["Mike Kenny - BCX - Infrastructure Services" <Mike dot Kenny at bcx dot co dot za>]

I am encountering some problems with ssh that are probably simple finger trouble, but....

I run ssh-host-config and say yes to everything. Then I try to connect from the localhost
to the localhost (for test purposes only). Below is the output of -vvv. I have some questions

1. what is causing the connection reset?
2. what in the output below would have told me the answer to 1?
3. why do the files identity, id_rsa and id_dsa not exist?

myself@mysystem$ ssh -l myself -vvv mysystem
OpenSSH_3.7.1p2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0.9.7c 30 Sep 2003
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to mysystem [168.155.160.61] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /home/myself/.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /home/myself/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/myself/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
ssh_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer
debug1: Calling cleanup 0x41bf10(0x0)

myself@mysystem$

I have setup ssh on a number of systems, always taking the defaults to ssh-host-config and 
most times I can connect without problem. What is different about this time?

Kind Regards,
Mike Kenny
Principal Consultant
Professional Services
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