From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 9 08:32:25 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA34F16A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:32:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (67-51-118-244.dsl1.elk.ca.frontiernet.net [67.51.118.244]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A078F43D1F for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:32:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from l035522 (unknown [165.107.42.110]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 561C73BF3B5; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:32:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <000b01c3be72$05737df0$6e2a6ba5@lc.ca.gov> From: "Drew Tomlinson" To: "Jason Stewart" References: <025101c3be5b$66080990$0301a8c0@bigdaddy> <20031209142127.GD2730@rtl.org> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:32:21 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: How to Setup Reverse DNS on LAN? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:32:26 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Stewart" Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 6:21 AM > On 09/12/03 05:50 -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > When connecting via ssh to my FBSD boxes, it takes over a minute before the > > connection is established. Searching the archives suggests that this is due > > to a failed reverse DNS lookup that must time out before connecting. > > Suggestions include adding the hosts to the local host file which I've done. > > However this does not seem to provide reverse DNS resolution which appears > > required. > > > Short of setting up named, is there a way to solve my problem? > > Are you using privilege separation? If you are, the ssh daemon is not > looking for hosts in /etc. It will be looking somewhere else for the > /etc/hosts file. Are you using sshd from the base? Thanks for your reply. AFAIK, I'm using sshd from the base system with defaults. How can I check? Also, I use courier-imap. With desktop machines physically attached to my LAN, I don't have the IMAP clients using SSL and I get no delay connecting. However I have a laptop that I bring home from work on occasion and it is configured to use SSL. When I use it with a wireless card on my home LAN, I seem to get similar delays when using it's IMAP client. Might the two be related? Thanks for your help! Drew