On or about Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 11:33:37AM +0200, Bert Lindner typed: >This is probably a DNS resolve-issue: sshd cannot find a hostname for the >IP address you connect from. The resolving process slows your inititial >connection. Try adding the IP-address and some (bogus) hostname for the >machine you connect /from/ (client) to /etc/hosts on the machine you >connect /to/ (server). Or have reverse DNS fixed.
Read the archives! Robert was entirely correct in his initial diagnosis: libssl is slower than it needs to be, through retaining compability with older architectures. http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2002/debian-sparc-200203/msg00189.html gives the details and a pre-built unofficial package. An official change will mean cutting off support for those older machines... Roger
