On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Hi,
> When i telnet to a RedHat 5.2 box, i have to wait around 30secs before it
> give me the login prompt.
>
> Why is it so slow ?
> Anything wrong with my network config ?
>
Try putting the ip address of the machine you're telnetting
from into your "hosts.allow" file. The problem is likely
that the RedHat box is trying to do a lookup on your
machine and is timing out.
John
