ssh-1.2.2 freeze under Linux

[Craig J Copi]

Damien Miller writes:
>On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Craig J Copi wrote:
>
>> After compiling and installing ssh-1.2.2 at home whenever I try to ssh
>> to a host ssh freezes and never actually tries to establish a 
>> connection.  Actually it depends on whether I'm dialed in or not
>> (it has to do with dns lookups, I'm not sure exactly what it is
>> doing).  The problem seems to be caused by getaddrinfo in ssh.c,
>> line 511.  If I strace the process it keeps trying to connect to my 
>> dns server to resolve the name.  If I use the full host name (or
>> if I'm dialed in) it claims 
>> Secure connection to full.host.name refused.
>> However, no connection attempt is logged on the remote machine.
>
>Try the --with-ipv4-default option.
>
>Damien

I did.  I used the RH spec file that comes with with the distribution.

	Craig