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List:       freebsd-net
Subject:    Re: FTP authentication -
From:       Matthew Smithshaw <M () mlnet ! net>
Date:       1999-09-23 18:11:24
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If this is pre-authentication, ie between 'connected' and the
login/username prompt, then it could be a reverse DNS lookup
problem rather than an authentication problem.

Regards

-M



At 09:49 23/09/1999 -0700, Derek Jewett wrote:
>Sorry if this is duplicate, I sent the last message out formatted.. sorry
>
>Running 3.1-R I am still getting a strange dilema every once in a while...
>Happened last night; When a user hits my FBSD box to do an ftp session the
>machine takes like some three or four minutes to authenticate the user.. The
>same thing happens when you try to do a telnet session as well.. and then
>after some time passes the problem goes away and it operates as normal. This
>box is mission critical as daily and nightly file transfers happen on a
>normal basis.. Anyone got any ideas as to what may be causing these mystry
>slow downs
>
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