Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> writes:
> whever i try ssh'ing into my netbsd box, i have to endure a very log
> period lag.  it takes about two minutes before i see the prompt.
> 
> i don't know if it matters, but i have the host ip address in the hosts
> file.
> 
> how can i get rid of this lag period?

Some other people have addressed the DNS question.

Let me just note that sshv2 uses a lot of nasty bignum arithmetic in
the crypto protocol. On very old hardware, the wait can be long. You
don't mention what hardware you are using, so this could be the cause,
too.


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Perry E. Metzger		perry@piermont.com