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Re: Compile libssl or make ssh not slow



Zitiere Bert Lindner <bert@a20.net>:

> Hi Robert,
> 
> On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Robert Ian Smit wrote:
> 
> > > > What is the easy solution to make ssh a bit faster on sun4m?
> > >
> > > Use the -C when opening an ssh session.
> > > ssh -C -l user host.
> >
> > The -C option deals with compression if I am not mistaken. Perhaps I
> > wasn't clear in my original message, but once the session is
> > established I have no problem at all. It's the process of logging in
> > that takes 10 seconds or so.
> 
> 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.

This could be a reason, too. But it is true that that connecting to/from
a sparc machine tooks very long with ssh.
To get it faster it is possible to recompile some packages with v8 or v9 flags.
The exact details are somewhere on this list. I tried it and had improvements
about 5x - 10x faster.

Bye 
> I thought it was also possible to disable reverse name lookups for
> sshd
> but can't find it quickly in the man pages.
> 
> Regards,
> 
>         -Bert
> 
> 
> 
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