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Author: Arnt Karlsen
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To: dng
Old-Topics: Re: [DNG] OpenSSH: delay on beowulf
Subject: [DNG] ..should we set up our own usage policy wizard script?, was: OpenSSH: delay on beowulf
On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 11:26:37 +0100, Dr. wrote in message
<201902101126.37183.dr.klepp@???>:

> Anno domini 2019 Sun, 10 Feb 11:09:53 +0100
> KatolaZ scripsit:
> > On Sat, Feb 09, 2019 at 10:59:37PM +0100, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
> > wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I just updated 2 testmachines from ascii to beowulf. Three things
> > > are fishy:
> > >
> > > 1) starting OpenSSH takes ~ 10 seconds with or without network
> > > cable attached. I have not seen this on ascii.
> >
> > Have a look at the sshd log. Several sshd config options have been
> > obsoleted recently. This might be slowing the startup down. But the
> > log shall help you.
>
> There's nothing in the logs. It just takes verry long to start.


..fishy. One thing I see on my ascii boxes, is ifup, dhcp etc
networking during boot-up, _before_ I can log in. It's down
as I get to log in.

..I can see merit on such network activity on ssh, mail etc headless
server boxes, but _not_ on a "single seat" laptop, unless it's stolen.

..that kinda laptops should and/or should not "call home" home before
its owner has decided when, where (home, work, diner, strip club...)
and by whom (owner, spouse, kids, boss, guest, one night stander etc)
said laptop is being utilized for which purpose (e.g. email, porn, "Hi
mom, sorry I missed church, I'm in love, can we come for dinner?", tax
report, weather chk, espionage etc).

..e.g. the presence and absence of certain bluetooth and wifi signals
can be probed on boot-up to help decide whether or not said laptop
should call home, but IMNTHO only after the owner has set up his/her
own usage policy, e.g. using a laptop usage policy wizard script.

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..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.