The problem has been solved after installing the patch 103708-02
( rpc.nisd_resolv fixes ) with some related patches.
Thanks to all who replied:
From: Stewart Boutcher <stew@webworlds.net>
From: Drexx Laggui CSA <drexx@bancnet.net>
From: hargrme@wisdom.maf.nasa.gov
From: Benjamin Cline <benji@hnt.com>
From: Joel Lee <jlee@thomas.com>
From: Deepak_D_Wilson@notes.seagate.com
From: Bill Mooney <mooneyb@appropriate.com>
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> From zshouben@pcs.cnu.edu Wed Nov 19 12:00:49 1997
> Sender: sun-managers-relay@ra.mcs.anl.gov
> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 11:08:02 -0500
> From: zshouben@pcs.cnu.edu (Shouben Zhou)
> Reply-to: zshouben@pcs.cnu.edu (Shouben Zhou)
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> Subject: slowness of telnet
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> We have observed the slowness of the establishment of telnet session ( inluding
> ftp, web surf... ) to our server from outside of the Internet. If I take out
> the "dns" option from "hosts:" line in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file, the problem
> will be gone. But this server is our mail server and I have to put "dns" option
> in the /etc/nsswitch.conf" file to work with MX records. Does anybody know
> which patch will solve this problem?
>
> My system is Solaris 2.5 with no patch installed.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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> * College of Business,Science & Technology| Phone : (757)-594-7749 *
> * Christopher Newport University | Fax : (757)-594-7919 *
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