[TriLUG] sshd

[David A. Cafaro]

I Don't think it is the computer hardware, I have used sshd on a Pentium 90 
with 48megs of ram with RH6.2 installed, and didn't notice a measurable 
delay (now forwarding X-sessions is a different story, slowwwwwww :-) ).

At 10:06 PM 12/17/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I've recently installed Debian on my older computers, a 175 MHz Pentium
>(named Nort, now with 24 MB of RAM (although it was installed with 12)). I
>set it to have a static IP address: 192.168.0.7. The networking works, it
>can ping to 192.168.0.2 (my other computer, Max) quite nicely. The problem
>is that when I connect to it from a remote computer it takes about 12
>seconds for it to ask me for my password. Nort can can can connect to Max
>without this delay.
>
>Why would this be happening? Slow computer? Misconfigured sshd? I am
>impatient?
>
>Both computers run Debian. Max is a Macintosh G4 400.
>
>
>A transcript of a ssh log follows:
>
># ssh -vX conrad at 192.168.0.7
>OpenSSH_3.0.1p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090602f
>debug1: Reading configuration data /home/conrad/.ssh/config
>debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
>debug1: Seeding random number generator
>debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be
>trusted.
>debug1: restore_uid
>debug1: ssh_connect: getuid 1000 geteuid 0 anon 1
>debug1: Connecting to 192.168.0.7 [192.168.0.7] port 22.
>debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 1000/1000 (e=0)
>debug1: restore_uid
>debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 1000/1000 (e=0)
>debug1: restore_uid
>debug1: Connection established.
>debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA
>debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
>debug1: identity file /home/conrad/.ssh/identity type 0
>debug1: identity file /home/conrad/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
>debug1: identity file /home/conrad/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
>
><6 second pause>
>
>debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version
>OpenSSH_3.0.1p1
>debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.0.1p1 pat ^OpenSSH
>Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
>debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.0.1p1
>debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
>debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
>debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 zlib
>debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 zlib
>debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST sent
>debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
>debug1: dh_gen_key: priv key bits set: 134/256
>debug1: bits set: 1578/3191
>debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
>debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
>debug1: Host '192.168.0.7' is known and matches the RSA host key.
>debug1: Found key in /home/conrad/.ssh/known_hosts:11
>debug1: bits set: 1584/3191
>debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
>debug1: kex_derive_keys
>debug1: newkeys: mode 1
>debug1: Enabling compression at level 6.
>debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
>debug1: waiting for SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
>debug1: newkeys: mode 0
>debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
>debug1: done: ssh_kex2.
>debug1: send SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST
>debug1: service_accept: ssh-userauth
>debug1: got SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT
>
><~5 second pause>
>
>debug1: authentications that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive
>debug1: next auth method to try is publickey
>debug1: try privkey: /home/conrad/.ssh/id_rsa
>debug1: try pubkey: /home/conrad/.ssh/id_dsa
>debug1: authentications that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive
>debug1: next auth method to try is keyboard-interactive
>Password:
>
>
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