Net::SSH::Perl - Corrupted check bytes

Using v1.28 as v1.29 doesn't work at all.

Can connect fine to V2 SSH (OpenSSH) servers, but if trying to get to
V1 SSH I get an error. I include the session below.

local: Reading configuration data /home/user/.ssh/config
local: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
local: Connecting to remote, port 22.
local: Remote protocol version 1.5, remote software version 1.2.31
local: Net::SSH::Perl Version 1.28, protocol version 1.5.
local: No compat match: 1.2.31.
local: Connection established.
local: Waiting for server public key.
local: Received server public key (768 bits) and host key (1024 bits).
local: Host 'bombay.vmc.private.ntl.com' is known and matches the host
key.
local: Encryption type: IDEA
local: Sent encrypted session key.
Corrupted check bytes on input at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Net/SSH/Perl/Packet.pm line 135

local - SUN SPARC Solaris 2.8
remote - SUN SPARC Solaris 2.9

Perl = 5.8.8 built on local, modules nearly all built on this Perl, all
recent/latest.