thank you for the reply! I did as suggested using `w` to get the ip and then dig -x and it resolved correctly and quickly. So obviously that is not my problem with the slow ssh authentication. Does anyone any other suggestions as to what might be a cause of this?
Thanks, Ash On Nov 19, 2007 5:17 PM, Peter Hessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To test your reverse lookups, figure out what your ip address is (I > like to use the entry listed in `w`, as that is what sshd would look > up), then type `dig -x <ip address>`. > > If it takes forever (but resolves), maybe you have a bunk nameserver > listed in /etc/resolv.conf. > If it doesn't resolve, you'll need to contact your network admin and > have them add reverse names. > > > On 2007 Nov 19 (Mon) at 16:27:22 -0700 (-0700), Ashley Snelgrove wrote: > :I have a 4.0 box and whenever I try to remotely access the box via ssh > > :it takes a while to authenticate. Once connected there does not seem > :to be an issue with speed. I've tried searching for possible causes > :and have only seen suggestions that reverse-lookups may be timing out > :or that on a slower machine it takes a while to encrypt and decrypt > :the key. This box is only a little over a year old has an Athlon 64 > :3200+ in it with 1GB of RAM and before that I had an old celeron > :333MHz running OpenBSD 3.6 that did not take that long to > :authenticate. So it's likely not that. As for reverse-lookups or > :other DNS issues I'm not exactly sure how to test for that. > : > :Currently, from the moment I enter a username it takes around 90 > :seconds until I get a password prompt. > : > :Any ideas? > : > :Thanks, > : > :Ash > > -- > As Will Rogers would have said, "There is no such thing as a free > variable." > _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
