Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 04:34:17 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Bsd Newbie <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: loooooong connection time when ssh-ing into freebsd box Message-ID: <20010907043416.A50582@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010907081840.23306.qmail@web20102.mail.yahoo.com>; from bsdneophyte@yahoo.com on Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 01:18:40AM -0700 References: <20010907081840.23306.qmail@web20102.mail.yahoo.com>
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--fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 01:18:40AM -0700, Bsd Newbie wrote: >=20 > I have an odd problem...=20 >=20 > Sometimes when I ssh into my freebsd box it connects immediately... on > other occasions (like now) it takes ages... and then times out. >=20 > There is no traffic on my network... anyone have any ideas as to what's > causing this delay? You probably have DNS resolution problems. SSH will try and resolve the forward and reverse DNS entries for the remote client. If it can't get a response from the server, it takes about 60 seconds to time out. Kris --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7mLC4Wry0BWjoQKURAt4bAJ9WEP9DEMaR2HjGyuE6WpoPItd6/ACfTunl xRVFONHa0NgQXtMKgsNwVe8= =R07+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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