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From: Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de>
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Cc: stable@freebsd.org, "Michael A. Koerber" <mak@ll.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: SSH login takes very long time...sometimes
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Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de> writes:
>>
>>alternativly to check out wether it's dns related, you use set the
>>Option "UseDNS no" in your sshd_config, so sshd won't try a reverse
>>dns lookup.
>>Give it a shoot. Usually ssh timeouts are related to DNS...
> 
> 
> That should be a last resort; the hostname checks are there for a
> reason...
>
I know. But using the UseDNS no option could be useful to debug the 
problem. Well. In fact, it's only one way to debug the problem.
The more obvious way is to check wether the DNS is working (forward and 
reverse lookup) and fix it if possible :)

regards,
Marian