joel> I am running into a problem trying to setup OpenSSH 3.6.1 on joel> FreeBSD 5.3 release. I am connecting via clients (both ssh on joel> BSD and WinSCP on Windows). I know this is not a FreeBSD group, joel> but I bet someone else has run into this problem on a Unix-like joel> platform. I'd also recommend 'putty' as a windows client. joel> When I test the server with "sshd -ddd", I get an error back joel> from the server which reads: debug3: Not a RSA1 key file joel> /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key How did you create the server key? Can you post you sshd_config (or is it sshd.config?) file so we cna look at it? joel> I have tried creating the above server key many times with no joel> apparent luck. How did you create the key? joel> The clients connect to the server but the connect time is way joel> over 60 seconds so I am bummed out. That almost sounds like you have reverse DNS turned on, but that your server isn't resolving properly. Can you check your configuration to make sure that you do NOT have reverse DNS resolving turned on? My last FreeBSD box died, so I don't have one handy to check configs. joel> I have looked on the OpenSSH site and googled for it but have joel> not found a workable solution. It's sounding more like a reverse DNS issue. Can your FreeBSD box resolve various hostnames outside and inside your domain? John