authentiaction slowness question

Jeffrey Altman jaltman2 at nyc.rr.com
Fri May 5 16:05:51 EDT 2006


Doug Levy wrote:
> I'm running the Leash client Version 2.6.3.20040525 to authenticate to 
> Kerberos 5.  The authentication process runs very quickly both from work 
> and anywhere I travel (laptop, hotels, wireless, wired, etc.).  However, 
> whenever I authenticate from home via my ISP cable modem, it takes 
> literally 2 minutes or more before the authentication completes.  Any 
> suggestions about what could cause this and/or what to tell my ISP to help 
> them troubleshoot it?
> 
> Thanks much.  Doug.

Do you have Leash configured to obtain krb4 tickets?

Does your ISP block the krb524 port?  4444/udp

If so, that would explain your problems.  If you are not using krb4
you might want to disable it.

Jeffrey Altman



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