Speeding up SSH logon

A firewall blocks port 53 for my servers so ssh is trying to resolve my address every time I attempt log in.

The timeout is frustrating, so I read the man page [1] and found this configuration directive

  UseDNS  Specifies whether sshd(8) should look up the remote host name and check that the resolved host name for the remote IP address maps back to the very same IP address. The default is ''yes''.

I set it to 'no' and restarted the service and it worked like a charm :D

Note:
  When working on OpenBSD, be sure to be logged in on the console by other method (like physical console access or serial) because restarting the ssh service on OpenBSD causes all remote sessions to be closed.

[1] http://linux.die.net/man/5/sshd_config

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Random Password Generator

N := factor of 3


% N=9 ; (dd if=/dev/urandom bs=$N count=1 | uuencode -m - | sed -n '2p') 2>/dev/null
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