On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Neil Carlson <neil.n.carlson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Judging from the following 'ssh -vvv' output, what process might be > happening and causing the hang at the indicated point? > My guess would be reverse DNS resolution of the client's address plus forward resolution of that address. If you have access to the server, running the server in debug mode (/path/to/sshd -ddd) would likely give you a better idea. If it is DNS timing out, setting "UseDNS no" in sshd_config will likely help. -- Darren Tucker (dtucker at zip.com.au) GPG key 8FF4FA69 / D9A3 86E9 7EEE AF4B B2D4 37C9 C982 80C7 8FF4 FA69 Good judgement comes with experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgement. _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev