Hello, That was my first guess as well...For that reason I set the option UseDNS NO in the SSHD config file. I would then expect it not to check DNS servers to find the matching hostname. The DNS it uses does know my hostname however, looking into the logs I see my PC name resolved at login time
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Ste Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: dinsdag 6 februari 2007 15:36 Aan: forums Onderwerp: Re: SSH client (putty) hangs after name/password login On 2/6/07, forums <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Having a problem for some time now on a OBSD 3.8 machine. > > When I log with SSH (using putty) into the machine from the local > network, all works fine... > but when I try to login via the internet (outside) with SSH it wont work. > > I get the logon prompt, give my name+password and then the SSH just > sits there... > Nothing happens anymore...(after a while it times out) > > I read about MTU issues : > http://www.snailbook.com/faq/background-jobs.auto.html > > This is something that I had problems with on this location. The > system is used for a VPN (towards a other OBSD 3.8 box). The RDP > (terminal server) connections where dropped all the time...something > about "blackhole routers and MTU sizes". > > To solve this I placed the following in PF : > > scrub in all max-mss 1250 no-df > scrub out all max-mss 1250 no-df > > That worked for my RDP sessions...but perhaps this is the reason my > SSH login does not work ? > > Perhaps....but when I disabled the Firewall for a moment (and > therefore these settings where not active anymore), to see if it was a > Firewall related problem, I still had this problem. > > I tried the above (see link) but still it won't work... > > ....help ! > > regards > Willem > > Sounds like DNS problems to me
