Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 17:00:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposed minor mod to openssh for interactive operation Message-ID: <200010030000.e9300o311655@earth.backplane.com> References: <200009300023.e8U0NUW20137@earth.backplane.com> <v04210103b5fe97d648bf@[128.113.24.47]>
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:> two programs interactively.
:> That is, send command, wait response, send command, wait
:> response. Delaying packets is a bad idea and cuts
:> performance over the link by about 20%.
:
:Would it be more appropriate to use stunnel (in ports) instead
:of an ssh connection for your application?
:
:(I'm just wondering...)
:---
:Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.acs.rpi.edu
No, ssh provides the authentication mechanism as well as the
secure link trivially. Besides, both rsh and ssh were designed
for two-way operation so presumably they should actually do it
in a reasonably optimal manner when two-way operation is requested.
-Matt
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