You are blocking any incoming DNS packets by blocking udp. I believe sshd tries to lookup the hostname of the ipaddress, it times out in few seconds, this causes the lag. This can also happen if your /etc/resolv.conf is pointing to unresponsive servers. Following are the following fixes. -> make "UseDNS no" in sshd_config -> allow DNS from iptables AND verify /etc/resolv.conf HTH Arun On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 00:37 -0700, atomi wrote: > I've got a pretty bare bones system. Headless Fedora Core 5 > My problem occurs when I login via putty through SSH, > after I've entered my password there is an ugly lag... > > here here is my IPTABLES: > > *filter > :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] > :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] > :FIREWALL-INPUT - [0:0] > :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] > -A INPUT -j FIREWALL-INPUT > > -A FIREWALL-INPUT -p tcp --dport ssh -j ACCEPT > -A FIREWALL-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -j REJECT > -A FIREWALL-INPUT -p udp -m udp -j REJECT > COMMIT > > so, alright, pretty simple huh; anyone know why the lag monster > appears? > ANY insight i think would help. > Thanks guys, > atomi. > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list