Slow telnet issue (Off-topic)

sinck@ugive.com wrote:
>
> \_ For some reason when people try to telnet into our Solaris box from
> \_ outside our firewall it takes an incredibly long time to get the
> \_ login prompt. I have seen this issue before but I can't remember how
> \_ the hell I fixed it. At first I thought it was a reverse DNS lookup
> \_ failure and so I setup DNS correctly on the client machine and it has
> \_ no problem doing an nslookup, nor does it take a long time to do a
> \_ traceroute or ping to the server with IP or name.
>
> Like you noticed, it smells like a reverse DNS issue. Reality check
> all the reverse DNSs of the boxes between the Solaris box and
> 'outside' and see if they come through ok on the Solaris box. It
> could be that your firewall isn't reverse DNS and the Solaris box
> can't get it....?
>
> Also, if you just adjusted the DNS, it might be in DNS propagation
> hell.

What happens if you telnet into it with the numeric IP address (i.e.
10.10.11.2, etc)?

-- 
jkenner@mindspring.com    __
I Support Linux:           _> _  _ |_  _  _     _|
Working Together To       <__(_||_)| )| `(_|(_)(_|
To Build A Better Future.       |                   <s>