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From: peter@bgnett.no (Peter N. M. Hansteen)
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 Krantz's message of "Thu, 12 May 2005 16:30:03 -0500")
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"Fafa Hafiz Krantz" <fteg@london.com> writes:

> I'm experiencing a rather unusual delay in between login as:
> and Password: when I SSH in via PuTTY -- it lasts for about 1
> minute, maybe a bit more. How can this be?

Sounds like your name resolution isn't quite what it should be.  Delays
like these are common when either your reverse lookup isn't correct or
the name servers your domain/IP range are unavailable or slow in
answering.

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