Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 11:43:34 +0800 From: "Foo Ji-Haw" <jhfoo@nexlabs.com> To: "Wojciech Puchar" <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: faster ssh session? Message-ID: <01f601c5f629$6912f7f0$c801a8c0@nexpc> References: <01bb01c5f624$afbe0a50$c801a8c0@nexpc> <20051201042247.V78580@chylonia.3miasto.net>
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Thanks for your quick response. I think Glenn's answer is better with the UseDNS option. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wojciech Puchar" <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> To: "Foo Ji-Haw" <jhfoo@nexlabs.com> Cc: <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 11:23 AM Subject: Re: faster ssh session? > > > > I have a well and working setup of FBSD 5.4. Nothing much to complain about, but I hope to resolve this oddity. > > > > If I were to open a SSH connection to the box from an IP that cannot be reverse dns queried, the box takes a little while before giving the username prompt. Is there a way to turn off reverse dns query? This happens to the smtp service (running on inetd) as well. > > it's more general problem - DNS queries have to timeout. > > quickest solution (if it's your private lan) is to add entries to > /etc/hosts
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