Re: Security, SSH connection speed (DNS?) (was: Newbie Questions, Performance and security...)
Thanks a lot for the tips, I'll check it out!
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:27:01AM -0500, Alexander Wallace (awallace@rwsoft-online.com) wrote:
>
> > My questions: Will I be in the safe side if I decide to use debian for
> > an internet server to serve web/mail/servlets/php/mysql and stuff like
> > that as far as performance and security goes? compared to a redhat
> > system?
>
> Security in any event is subject to how well you administer the system.
> Debian's package management makes it easier to rid yourself of
> unnecessary cruft on the system, relative to RH, and to keep current
> with updates. Debian tends to stay quite current on bugfixes.
>
> > One thing I noticed on this new debian system I just installed is that
> > to connect to the box by ssh it takes like 2 minutes to get connected
> > over the lan, where if I try ssh to one of the redhat ones I have here
> > it is instantly connected, both have the same network cards and the
> > debian machine is a pIII 450, the redhat is a p 200....
>
> Almost certainly DNS issues involving reverse DNS lookup. Run ssh with
> the '-v' option, and take a look at your sshd logs.
>
> > Can someone also point me out to where to get the right apt sources to
> > go to woody and sid???
>
> 'testing' and 'unstable' in your /etc/apt/sources.list file,
> respectively, rather than 'stable'.
>
> Peace.
>
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