Package: ssh-krb5 Version: 3.8.1p1-8 Severity: normal I connect to one machine using kerberos and another ('non-krb-host') using public-key authentication.
If the kerberos tickets have been destroyed (kdestroy -45), then 'ssh non-krb-host true' takes about 1.5 seconds. If I get new kerberos tickets ('kinit -45'), then 'ssh non-krb-host true' takes about 15 seconds. Below are ssh -v logs with timing information (seconds of wall-clock time relative to when the output started): Here's the ~/.ssh/config: Host krb-host GSSAPIAuthentication yes GSSAPIDelegateCredentials yes Host * ForwardX11 yes TCPKeepAlive no With no kerberos tickets (i.e. after kdestroy -45): 0.00 OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 Debian-krb5 3.8.1p1-8, OpenSSL 0.9.7e 25 Oct 2004 0.01 debug1: Reading configuration data /home/sanjoy/.ssh/config 0.02 debug1: Applying options for * 0.03 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config 0.06 debug1: Connecting to non-krb-host port 22. 0.15 debug1: Connection established. 0.15 debug1: identity file /home/sanjoy/.ssh/identity type -1 0.15 debug1: identity file /home/sanjoy/.ssh/id_rsa type 1 0.15 debug1: identity file /home/sanjoy/.ssh/id_dsa type 2 0.25 debug1: Remote protocol version 1.99, remote software version OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 Debian-8.sarge.4 0.25 debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 Debian-8.sarge.4 pat OpenSSH* 0.25 debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 0.25 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 Debian-krb5 3.8.1p1-8 0.27 debug1: Miscellaneous failure 0.27 No credentials cache found 0.27 0.29 debug1: Miscellaneous failure 0.29 No credentials cache found 0.29 0.29 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent 0.35 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received 0.35 debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none 0.35 debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none 0.35 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent 0.35 debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP 0.58 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent 0.58 debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY 0.69 debug1: Host non-krb-host is known and matches the RSA host key. 0.69 debug1: Found key in /home/sanjoy/.ssh/known_hosts:32 0.69 debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct 0.69 debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent 0.69 debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS 0.69 debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received 0.69 debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent 0.93 debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received 1.04 debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive 1.04 debug1: Next authentication method: publickey 1.04 debug1: Trying private key: /home/sanjoy/.ssh/identity 1.04 debug1: Offering public key: /home/sanjoy/.ssh/id_rsa 1.13 debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive 1.13 debug1: Offering public key: /home/sanjoy/.ssh/id_dsa 1.24 debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-dss blen 433 1.24 debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA 1.34 debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey). 1.34 debug1: channel 0: new [client-session] 1.34 debug1: Entering interactive session. 1.47 debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing. 1.47 debug1: Sending command: true 1.62 debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype exit-status reply 0 1.62 debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1 1.62 debug1: fd 1 clearing O_NONBLOCK 1.62 debug1: Transferred: stdin 0, stdout 0, stderr 0 bytes in 0.3 seconds 1.62 debug1: Bytes per second: stdin 0.0, stdout 0.0, stderr 0.0 1.62 debug1: Exit status 0 With kerberos tickets (similar delay if they are expired, although the message changes from 'Server not found' to 'ticket expired') -- note the delay, twice, of about 7 seconds: 0.00 OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 Debian-krb5 3.8.1p1-8, OpenSSL 0.9.7e 25 Oct 2004 0.01 debug1: Reading configuration data /home/sanjoy/.ssh/config 0.02 debug1: Applying options for * 0.04 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config 0.05 debug1: Connecting to non-krb-host port 22. 0.11 debug1: Connection established. 0.12 debug1: identity file /home/sanjoy/.ssh/identity type -1 0.12 debug1: identity file /home/sanjoy/.ssh/id_rsa type 1 0.12 debug1: identity file /home/sanjoy/.ssh/id_dsa type 2 0.20 debug1: Remote protocol version 1.99, remote software version OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 Debian-8.sarge.4 0.21 debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 Debian-8.sarge.4 pat OpenSSH* 0.21 debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 0.21 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 Debian-krb5 3.8.1p1-8 7.64 debug1: Miscellaneous failure 7.67 Server not found in Kerberos database 7.68 15.59 debug1: Miscellaneous failure 15.60 Server not found in Kerberos database 15.60 15.60 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent 15.60 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received 15.60 debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none 15.60 debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none 15.60 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent 15.60 debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP 15.83 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent 15.83 debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY 15.94 debug1: Host non-krb-host is known and matches the RSA host key. 15.94 debug1: Found key in /home/sanjoy/.ssh/known_hosts:32 15.95 debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct 15.95 debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent 15.95 debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS 15.95 debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received 15.95 debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent 16.17 debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received 16.28 debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive 16.28 debug1: Next authentication method: publickey 16.28 debug1: Trying private key: /home/sanjoy/.ssh/identity 16.28 debug1: Offering public key: /home/sanjoy/.ssh/id_rsa 16.38 debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive 16.38 debug1: Offering public key: /home/sanjoy/.ssh/id_dsa 16.47 debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-dss blen 433 16.47 debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA 16.58 debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey). 16.58 debug1: channel 0: new [client-session] 16.58 debug1: Entering interactive session. 16.70 debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing. 16.70 debug1: Sending command: true 16.85 debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype exit-status reply 0 16.85 debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1 16.85 debug1: fd 1 clearing O_NONBLOCK 16.85 debug1: Transferred: stdin 0, stdout 0, stderr 0 bytes in 0.3 seconds 16.85 debug1: Bytes per second: stdin 0.0, stdout 0.0, stderr 0.0 16.85 debug1: Exit status 0 -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.13-local01 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages ssh-krb5 depends on: ii adduser 3.66 Add and remove users and groups ii debconf 1.4.52 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.5-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libcomerr2 1.37-2sarge1 common error description library ii libkrb53 1.3.6-5 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries ii libpam-runtime 0.76-22 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7e-3 SSL shared libraries ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-8 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-3 compression library - runtime ssh-krb5 recommends no packages. -- debconf information: ssh/insecure_rshd: ssh/privsep_ask: true * ssh/user_environment_tell: * ssh/forward_warning: ssh/insecure_telnetd: ssh/new_config: true * ssh/use_old_init_script: true * ssh/SUID_client: true * ssh/privsep_tell: ssh/ssh2_keys_merged: * ssh/protocol2_only: true ssh/encrypted_host_key_but_no_keygen: * ssh/run_sshd: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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