[NBLUG/talk] OpenSSH

[Rob Orsini]

At 03:38 PM 10/19/2003 +0200, you wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I applied an OpenSSH patch (from the FreeBSD site) to a FreeBSD
> > box that I access mostly remotely and ever since then I've noticed
> > consistent laggy behavior.  For example every time I 'ls' in my home
> > directory it displays about 15 items, pauses for 1.5 seconds, then
> > spits out the remaining 10 or so.  Has anyone else heard of something
> >   like this? I apologize for such a vague description but it just seems
> > to me that something about the PAM challenge/authentication is
> > slowing things down now(??).
>
>It seems to me that sounds a great deal like a slow connection...
>I could be wrong though, as you said it's since the patch.
>Perhaps you should try rebuilding sshd again from clean sources?
>
>If you have logged in, PAM shouldn't be in the picture anymore.
>
>A little more info would be helpful.

The connection to the box is plenty fast. I scp big files up no problem. I 
like
the idea of a fresh install from source (assuming I don't screw it up). 
I'll try
to get more info about the problem somehow.

Thanks.
Rob