Re: Openbsd 3.2 wtmp delay and named backdoor

From: Crist J. Clark (crist.clarkat_private)
Date: Mon Jan 20 2003 - 14:33:32 PST

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On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 02:19:52PM -0000, Eric Weaver wrote:
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> Can anyone explain what would cause a wtmp delay like this? Notice I am 
> invisible, until the third iteration of 'w'. I hope this is nothing more 
> than some sort of filesystem lag or sshd delay.

I'll guess it's a DNS lookup timing out.
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