Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:32:21 -0800 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "Jason Stewart" <jstewart@rtl.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to Setup Reverse DNS on LAN? Message-ID: <000b01c3be72$05737df0$6e2a6ba5@lc.ca.gov> References: <025101c3be5b$66080990$0301a8c0@bigdaddy> <20031209142127.GD2730@rtl.org>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Stewart" <jstewart@rtl.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 6:21 AM > On 09/12/03 05:50 -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > When connecting via ssh to my FBSD boxes, it takes over a minute before the > > connection is established. Searching the archives suggests that this is due > > to a failed reverse DNS lookup that must time out before connecting. > > Suggestions include adding the hosts to the local host file which I've done. > > However this does not seem to provide reverse DNS resolution which appears > > required. > <snip> > > Short of setting up named, is there a way to solve my problem? > > Are you using privilege separation? If you are, the ssh daemon is not > looking for hosts in /etc. It will be looking somewhere else for the > /etc/hosts file. Are you using sshd from the base? Thanks for your reply. AFAIK, I'm using sshd from the base system with defaults. How can I check? Also, I use courier-imap. With desktop machines physically attached to my LAN, I don't have the IMAP clients using SSL and I get no delay connecting. However I have a laptop that I bring home from work on occasion and it is configured to use SSL. When I use it with a wireless card on my home LAN, I seem to get similar delays when using it's IMAP client. Might the two be related? Thanks for your help! Drew
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