Hi there, I have the following prolbem with ssh (linux). Whenever I have a ppp connection up and running, the ssh client takes minutes to log on. ssh -v tells me that this happens during debug: Seeding random number generator This happens to local AND remote hosts. If the pppd is down, ssh to the local host works fine. rlogin works at both times. I assume that there is a problem with the name resolving, but what does this have to do with the seed? With kind regards / Mit freundlichem Gru? Holger Klawitter -- Holger Klawitter holger at klawitter.de http://www.klawitter.de