Thank a lot, Yes. The problem is still alive for me and eighter with your hints I was not able to solve it. GSSAPIKeyExchange no gives me also an error (probably is only for windows version?) thanks again, By dkensiski wrote: > > So I'm not sure if you're still having this problem or not (it is 2 months > later), but I have been fighting with it myself for several months and > have gotten nowhere. In my case, the delay was caused by my local SSH > client trying to look up Kerberos credentials, but I am not using > Kerberos! I was able to resolve the issue by simply adding the following > to the end of /etc/ssh_config: > > GSSAPIAuthentication no > GSSAPIKeyExchange no > > No restart necessary -- the next time you initate an SSH conneciton, it > should take effect. > > I had one or two stubborn systems where it still happened and I resolved > those by putting the same lines in /etc/sshd_config so it changed the way > the server behaves. In this case, you'll have to restart the SSH daemon > for the changes to take effect. > > Hope it helps! > --Dave > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/ssh-connection-stop-at-%22debug1%3A-SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT-sent%22---problem-with-linux-2.6-and-vista-tp13237600p14397621.html Sent from the SSH (Secure Shell) mailing list archive at Nabble.com.