Re: ftpd is slow

["Sepherosa Ziehau" <sepherosa@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/30/06, Eugene <communique@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Eli Green wrote:
> > Is your FTP daemon doing reverse DNS lookups on an unfindable address?
> > That can significantly slow the connection down.
> So, does FTP daemon look for addresses like 192.168.1.1 in a DNS base by
> default? And how can I turn this off?

You can test whether it is a DNS problem by putting following line in
/etc/hosts:
192.168.1.1 test-machine

> By the way, my DNS replies very slowly, too, and I have a problem with
> my provider's DNS, because the last one drops about 30% of my machine's
> requests.

Best Regards,
sephe

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