[Tfug] mail problem

[Jeffry Johnston]

Cool, that fixed it one of the two directions (server -> desktop), but
(desktop->server) is still slow connecting.  Maybe my server is just too
slow to expect an instantaneous response?  It's a 900MHz Celeron.

Thanks,
Jeff

On Nov 7, 2007 3:56 AM, A. Chris Hilton <lists at particlewars.com> wrote:

> > On Monday 05 November 2007 13:14, Jeffry Johnston wrote:
> >> Interesting.  I've also been suffering from slow SSH connecting.. maybe
> >> it
> >> also has something to do with DNS (although that'd be strange as I am
> >> using
> >> the IP address, but who knows what all ssh is doing behind the scenes,
> >> guess I should download the source sometime)
> >>
> >
> > sshd does a reverse lookup of the IP you connect from on the start of a
> > new
> > session. If DNS is not working (an invalid/unresponsive server, etc.)
> you
> > will see a 10-20sec delay in connecting.
> >
> > Adrian
>
> Jeff-
>
> You can put 'UseDNS no' in your sshd_config to disable these lookups.
>
> -C-
>
>
>
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