Connecting to SSH on server takes very long

[Roderick Derks]

Networkspeed it not the issue. It has probably got to do with the authentication? It takes over 3 minutes before I can log in.

Thanks!

Roderick

[Bill Hassell · Accepted solution]

This is a common problem with the server (destination). During the authentication process, random numbers must be generated and to ensure sufficient unpredictability, old versions of SSH or versions that do not use HP-UX Random Number Generator will look at processes and tables in the kernel. If the remote system is very busy, especially with lots of processes running, this generation time will be very lengthy. If the remote system is HP-UX, get the kernel patch for KRNG: http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=KRNG11I

[Roderick Derks]

Bingo! Thanks!

[Roderick Derks]

Bye!