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11.1. Disconnection Message

11.1. Disconnection Message​

byte      SSH_MSG_DISCONNECT
uint32    reason code
string    description in ISO-10646 UTF-8 encoding [RFC3629]
string    language tag [RFC3066]

This message causes immediate termination of the connection. All implementations MUST be able to process this message; they SHOULD be able to send this message.

The reason code gives the reason for disconnection in a machine-readable format. The description contains a more detailed explanation of the reason in a human-readable form. The language tag specifies the language of the description string in the format described in [RFC3066]. Either party may send this message.

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