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Date:      Tue, 03 Feb 2004 13:59:22 +0100
From:      Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de>
To:        Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.9 doesn't answer.
Message-ID:  <401F9B2A.1020500@kernel32.de>
In-Reply-To: <200402022314.KAA07140@lightning.itga.com.au>
References:  <200402022314.KAA07140@lightning.itga.com.au>

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Gregory Bond wrote:
> First thing to check is rDNS - make sure the box can resolve the IP addresses 
> used to connect to it.  That's often why ssh/telnet/ftp/etc hang up - waiting 
> for rDNS results to write log records.
>
indeed ! If the reverse DNS is not working properly, ssh session tends 
to time out before asking for username ...

best regards,
Marian



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