From owner-ssh@clinet.fi Thu May 31 21:57:21 2001 Received: from smtp1.clinet.fi (smtp1.clinet.fi [194.100.2.57]) by hutcs.cs.hut.fi (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA19576 for ; Thu, 31 May 2001 21:57:21 +0300 (EET DST) From: owner-ssh@clinet.fi Received: from mail.clinet.fi (mail.clinet.fi [194.100.0.7]) by smtp1.clinet.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CBE321716; Thu, 31 May 2001 21:57:21 +0300 (EEST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by mail.clinet.fi (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA18249 for ssh-outgoing; Thu, 31 May 2001 21:21:03 +0300 Received: from mtiwmhc27.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc27.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.52]) by mail.clinet.fi (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA18246 for ; Thu, 31 May 2001 21:21:02 +0300 Received: from webmail.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.135.59]) by mtiwmhc27.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with SMTP id <20010531182058.YRMV8055.mtiwmhc27.worldnet.att.net@webmail.worldnet.att.net>; Thu, 31 May 2001 18:20:58 +0000 Received: from [63.84.9.168] by webmail.worldnet.att.net; Thu, 31 May 2001 18:20:58 +0000 To: ssh@clinet.fi Subject: ssh connection slow establishing Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 18:20:58 +0000 X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (May 2 2001) Message-Id: <20010531182058.YRMV8055.mtiwmhc27.worldnet.att.net@webmail.worldnet.att.net> Sender: owner-ssh@clinet.fi Precedence: bulk To anyone who can help, I have installed the latest version of openssh which includes installing openssl and zlib. I am using the default built in random feature since Solaris does not have /dev/random out of the box. Why does it take 4-5 mins to establish a connection to a remote machine (or any machine) with another version of openssh on it. Is it because of using the default random number generator or is it config problems or what? At first I thought it was not working and then I found out it was just taking a long time. I am using the -v option and can see what it is doing, but why does it take so long to do it? Thanks for your help. Jim LaGore jelagor@att.net