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Apr 102010
 

SSH takes a long time to connect or log in

Answer

If you experienced slow SSH connect to a remote server, you can try to disable the reverse DNS lookup at the server.

1. Edit the sshd_config

# sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

2. Add the following line in sshd_config

UseDNS no

3. Restart sshd

# sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart

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