Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 15:52:43 +0300 From: Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> To: Dag-Erling =?utf-8?B?U23DuHJncmF2?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenSSH HPN Message-ID: <20151110125243.GB48728@zxy.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <86io5a9ome.fsf@desk.des.no> References: <86io5a9ome.fsf@desk.des.no>
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On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 10:42:49AM +0100, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Some of you may have noticed that OpenSSH in base is lagging far behind > the upstream code. > > The main reason for this is the burden of maintaining the HPN patches. > They are extensive, very intrusive, and touch parts of the OpenSSH code > that change significantly in every release. Since they are not > regularly updated, I have to choose between trying to resolve the > conflicts myself (hoping I don't break anything) or waiting for them to > catch up and then figuring out how to apply the new version. > > Therefore, I would like to remove the HPN patches from base and refer > anyone who really needs them to the openssh-portable port, which has > them as a default option. I would also like to remove the NONE cipher > patch, which is also available in the port (off by default, just like in > base). I am plan to use NONE and HPN for bulk transfer, but don't see performance improvement, in both cases I see only 500Mbit/s.
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