Bug 20488 - sshd default 60 second authentication timeout too low
Summary: sshd default 60 second authentication timeout too low
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: bin (show other bugs)
Version: 4.1-STABLE
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: Kris Kennaway
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Reported: 2000-08-08 22:00 UTC by Robert Watson
Modified: 2000-08-23 10:48 UTC (History)
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Description Robert Watson freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2000-08-08 22:00:00 UTC 
On slow networks, the default 60 second timeout for authentication can be too
low to allow a connection to actually take place.  Given that a lot has to
happen in that 60 seconds, high latency or packet loss can prevent negotation
from reaching a useful point.  It is also the case that with a one-time
password scheme with a trusted keying device, additional time is required to
perform the authentication.

Fix: 

Increase default timeout to 120 or more seconds.
How-To-Repeat: 
DUMMYNET
Comment 1 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2000-08-10 11:05:35 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->kris

Over to the maintainer.
Comment 2 Kris Kennaway freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2000-08-23 10:48:21 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Suggestion applied, thanks.