In article <pan.2004.07.19.08.21.00.245177@merkudelete.org> ,
Igor <igor.news@merkudelete.org> wrote:
>I am running AIX 4.3 maint 11 and using openssh [freeware.openssh.rte
>3.7.1.0 COMMITTED OpenSSH 3.7p1] as built by Bull.
[...]
>Anyone has an idea of why openssh hangs and why making a new connection
>between the machines script continues?
>May I add that I have killed/started opensshd but the same night behaviour
>repeated.

There's a few possible causes listed at:
http://www.openssh.com/faq.html#3.3

I would guess it's either reverse DNS or ssh-rand-helper hanging.

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