openssh unix dev - Dec 2009 - Your Valuable Inputs

Dear Friend;

We are using SSH as a main service on one of our Red Hat linux 9 based
server. The version is "$OpenBSD: sshd_config,v 1.73 2005/12/06 22:38:28
".
You can see this is an older version but we are happy with it.
We are facing only one little issue with this which is

"After 'login: user id' inputting, server is taking almost 17
seconds before
displaying password request on client's screen back". In short we can
say
delay between User ID inputting and Password demanding.

We concluded it after usage of more than one different SSH Client software.

Can you tell me why it so? for your reference I am sending configuration
files herewith.

Please help me by giving your best inputs and suggestions over it.

Heartily thanks

-- 
Devang Modi
Teak System Incorporated

On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:18:04 +0100, Devang Modi <devang at teaksi.com>
wrote:
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
> debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
> debug2: key: /root/.ssh/identity ((nil))
> debug2: key: /root/.ssh/id_rsa ((nil))
> debug2: key: /root/.ssh/id_dsa ((nil))
>( TAKES A LONG TIME )
>debug1: Authentications that can continue:  
> publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
> debug3: start over, passed a different list  
> publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
> debug3: preferred gssapi-with-mic,publickey,keyboard-interactive,password
> debug3: authmethod_lookup publickey
> debug3: remaining preferred: keyboard-interactive,password
> debug3: authmethod_is_enabled publickey
> debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
> debug1: Trying private key: /root/.ssh/identity
This is the debug from the ssh *client*, right? I think it would be more  
interesting to see debug from the server.

- A long shot in case you haven't checked: Are your DNS servers working  
properly? It might have to wait for a dns lookup or something like that.

-- 
William Viker