2009/11/11 Dean Hamstead <d...@fragfest.com.au>: > sshd for example, will stall for quite an annoying amount of time trying to > do a reverse lookup. unless you dont actually have name servers configured > at all.
Correct. Though specifically with sshd you can turn off reverse-dns lookup with "UseDNS no" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. He should probably sniff his own traffic and see what needs to be allowed through or turned off. > also, not syncing the clock makes date stamps in logs almost entirely > unreliable. Also very true unless maybe his sever is a virtual one on top of a platform which provides an accurate clock. --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
