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Date:      23 Dec 2005 09:30:56 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org, "Michael A. Koerber" <mak@ll.mit.edu>
Subject:   Re: SSH login takes very long time...sometimes
Message-ID:  <44irtf3mxr.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <43AC0160.4070108@kernel32.de>
References:  <43ABF6E4.2090908@ll.mit.edu> <001301c607c4$e04e2540$80cea8c0@home1> <43AC0160.4070108@kernel32.de>

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Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de> writes:

> Hej there,
> 
> Kobi Shmueli wrote:
> > Try checking /etc/resolv.conf on oboe first, adding a static entry to
> > /etc/hosts of the remote ip/host should speed dns checks as well.
> > You can also run ssh in verbose mode (ssh -v oboe) or/and run sshd in debug
> > mode (sshd -d).
> >
> alternativly to check out wether it's dns related, you use set the
> Option "UseDNS no" in your sshd_config, so sshd won't try a reverse
> dns lookup.
> Give it a shoot. Usually ssh timeouts are related to DNS...

That should be a last resort; the hostname checks are there for a
reason...



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