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Date:      Tue, 06 Jan 1998 13:11:21 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Kevin Hendrix <kevin@rocksolid.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Extremely Slow FTP Logins 
Message-ID:  <199801062111.NAA02789@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Jan 1998 09:42:04 CST." <3.0.3.32.19980106094204.00815c90@rocksolid.net> 

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>I am having problems with a couple of FreeBSD boxes and was searching
>for some answers.  Users are complaining about extremely slow FTP 
>logins.  I've run some tests myself and come up with the same results
>as my users.  When connecting to the FTP port on my server, I can
>enter my username and be immediately prompted for a password.  When I
>enter my password, there will be a 3-5 minute pause before it verifies
>and allows me access to the system.  Once logged in, there are no more
>delays and the FTP session performs as expected.

   This sounds very much like a nameserver problem. The nameserver that
serves the reverse DNS for the ftp client machines is down or unreachable.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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