One frequent cause of slow login is not in ssh itself but in your login scripts, such as .bashrc. I would start there. Von Fugal -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://plug.org/pipermail/plug/attachments/20080605/330735c2/attachment.bin