RE: Long time requesting for password

Dunno if this is true in your case, but ofttimes that suggests the server is doing a reverse-lookup on the client; usually just for DNS, but sometimes an 'ident' or 'finger' query.

Reverse-lookups can often be speeded by manually adding the client's hostname/IP to the server's /etc/hosts file, or by disabling the lookup in the server configuration (ie, does your sshd_conf include "VerifyReverseMapping yes"?)

-----Original Message-----
From: dwalker@mudsite.com [mailto:dwalker@mudsite.com] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:21 PM
To: secureshell@securityfocus.com
Subject: Long time requesting for password

I have a OpenSSH3.5p1 runnin on a redhat 9 server I have. When connecting from an outside computer using putty (or any ssh client) after entering a username it takes 5-7 seconds to prompt for password. What is wrong / how can i make it prompt faster?

Thanks

David Walker
President Mudsite Hosting
dwalker@mudsite.com Received on Mon Aug 4 20:48:42 2003