SSH is slow to make a connection [duplicate]
This is slow because the OpenSSH daemon uses DNS to run a reverse lookup on the client hostname to make sure it's valid
sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Comment out the following lines
#GSSAPIAuthentication yes
#GSSAPIDelegateCredentials no
or add this:
UseDNS no
Then, restart sshd service or reboot your server
sudo systemctl restart sshd
Enjoy !