From owner-freebsd-security Thu May 3 15:31: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from nsmail.corp.globalstar.com (gibraltar.globalstar.com [207.88.248.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4200C37B43C for ; Thu, 3 May 2001 15:31:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crist.clark@globalstar.com) Received: from globalstar.com ([207.88.153.184]) by nsmail.corp.globalstar.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GCS6J300.NCX; Thu, 3 May 2001 15:30:39 -0700 Message-ID: <3AF1DC23.32BB39B3@globalstar.com> Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 15:30:59 -0700 From: "Crist Clark" Organization: Globalstar LP X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Barros Cc: mudman , "Timothy S. Bowers" , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: reverse or not References: <5.0.2.1.2.20010503145244.00a12e50@nol.co.za> <20010503170027.B9233@tjhsst.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Andrew Barros wrote: > > I've had similar problems with sshd when my internet connection goes out. > > If you try to ssh into that machine, it takes _forever_ even if the local > nameserver is running. Just because named is running does not mean DNS is configured correctly. ;) Run a tcpdump on the external interface to see if there are still queries going out for some reason, and you are waiting for them to timeout. Run ssh with the '-v' option to see where things are hanging. Possibly try sshd with '-d' as well. -- Crist J. Clark Network Security Engineer crist.clark@globalstar.com Globalstar, L.P. (408) 933-4387 FAX: (408) 933-4926 The information contained in this e-mail message is confidential, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact postmaster@globalstar.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message