ssh delays

[jc at trillian.mit.edu (John Chambers)]

| sometimes there is a version mismatch going on too (this can apply to
| key versions as well as protocol versions).. try it with a -1
| flag just for kicks..

This option isn't documented in "man ssh", and when I use it, I get a
Usage message. There is a -2 option, and it has the same delays. When
I use  -v  -v  -v,  there  is  a  message  after  the  connection  is
established that looks like:

debug: no match: 1.2.26	[for trillian.mit.edu]
debug: no match: 1.2.27	[for eddie.mit.edu]
debug: no match: 1.2.31	[for another remote host]
debug: no match: OpenSSH_2.9	[for a fourth host]

These do look like  complaints  about  the  remote  system's  version
number. But it only started doing this a few weeks ago (and I haven't
upgraded ssh for several months). And it happens with all hosts where
I have an account. (Funny thing; when I try "ssh -v -v -v blu.org" it
goes through quickly.  But I don't have an account there, so I  can't
test whether it's something wrong in my .ssh directory.)

Note that, for the fourth host, it does use version 2, and  that  has
the long delay.

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