The default Fedora ssh_config file comes with GSSAPIAuthentication set to "yes". This causes a DNS query in an attempt to resolve _kerberos.<hostname> whenever ssh is invoked. During periods when connectivity to the outside world is interrupted for whatever reason, the ssh session won't proceed until the DNS query times out. Not really a problem, just more of an annoyance when trying to ssh to another machine on the LAN.
Is there a reason why the default ssh_config comes with GSSAPIAuthentication set to yes?
Thanks, Jay
On Sun, 2006-25-06 at 15:38 -0500, Jay Cliburn wrote:
Not really a problem, just more of an annoyance when trying to ssh to another machine on the LAN.
Yeah, it's annoying. Though, when it does happen, I know immediately something is wrong with DNS/net connection.
Is there a reason why the default ssh_config comes with GSSAPIAuthentication set to yes?
I'm curious too.
In the meantime, I've turned it off.
Regards,
Ranbir
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