Yes, that was perfect, thx you !

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Jay Nugent <[email protected]> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
>
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2014, Micka wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>>
>> I'm curious to know why it takes 10 second to login with ssh when
>> /etc/resolv.conf is empty . And when there is something, it takes less
>> than
>> 1 second to login !
>>
>
>    It is due to DNS lookups and Logging.
>
>    When you log in, a record of your login attempt is logged into
> /var/log/secure (or some equivelent log file).  The log entry will show the
> hostname which you are coming FROM.  Hence, a DNS lookup must take place to
> resolve the IP address you came from into a fully qualified domain name
> (FQDN) - 216.86.85.226 --> k2.nuge.com.
>
>    If /etc/resolv.conf has a 'nameserver' entry, and that DNS server is
> indeed reachable and responding to querries, then the DNS lookup and
> subsequent logging occurs VERY rapidly.  If there is no 'nameserver' entry,
> or the listed nameserver is not reachable, then the DNS reverse lookup has
> to time out (which takes several seconds), and the log entry will then ONLY
> contain the IP address instead of the FQDN.  There is your 10 second delay
> :(
>
>    If you are not going to have a valid DNS server listed in
> /etc/resolv.conf, then I highly recommend that you create a list of the
> most common IP addresses you will be SSHing in from, and add them to your
> /etc/hosts file.  /etc/hosts is tested FIRST before /etc/resolve.conf and
> any matching entry there will be used rather than attempt to perform a DNS
> lookup.
>
>    So... if you most commonly log in from a couple hosts on your local
> LAN, and maybe a workstation at work, entries such as shown below could be
> entered into your /etc/hosts file:
>
> 192.168.1.100      workstation-1
> 192.168.1.101      workstation-2
> 216.86.85.226      PC-at-work
>
>
>    Hope this helps,
>       --- Jay Nugent  WB8TKL
>           Instructor, Washtenaw Community College - Ann Arbor, MI
>           CIS-121, 206, 208  UNIX/Linux System Administration
>
>
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