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SSH is slow to make a connection

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202651096 views
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Problem

I just installed Ubuntu 11.10, and whenever I try to SSH into my servers it's very slow. Before it displays the password prompt, it can take between 40 seconds and 60 seconds. I use: Once I'm logged in, everything is fine and it works fast. Why does it take so long, and how can i fix it? Are there …

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ssh myuser@myserver.com

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Fix for: SSH is slow to make a connection

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This is slow because the OpenSSH daemon uses DNS to run a reverse lookup on the client hostname to make sure it's valid Comment out the following lines OR add this:

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