From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Dec 14 23:47:18 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from ldc.ro (ldc-gw.rdsnet.ro [213.157.163.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DD55D37B405 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 23:47:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 75396 invoked by uid 666); 15 Dec 2001 07:47:12 -0000 Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 09:47:12 +0200 From: Alex Popa To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Speeding up ssh over modem? Message-ID: <20011215094712.B69243@ldc.ro> References: <20011214233200.A84807@ldc.ro> <001b01c184e7$f0d8b3d0$dc0a2042@celery> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <001b01c184e7$f0d8b3d0$dc0a2042@celery>; from jl@burghcom.com on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 04:40:19PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Uppercase "-C" stands for compression. To specify a cipher you use lowercase "-c cipher". On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 04:40:19PM -0500, Jeff Love wrote: > Do you have compression on in your ssh_config? > You are telling it to use a specific cipger, yet you don't define one. > > Jeff Love > Burgh-Com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Popa" > To: > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 4:32 PM > Subject: Speeding up ssh over modem? > > > > I am using ssh over a slow modem (28k, connects only at 14k because of a > > very noisy line). My problem is that the new ssh seems to handle output > > from programs differently from older versions. > > > > To be more precise, issuing "ipfw list" on a 10-rule firewall (mostly > > diverts to pipes, I also use ipfilter) takes noticeably longer than > > "ipfw list | cat". Also, a tcpdump on my tun0 interface shows three > > packets for "sleep 5;ipfw list|cat", and "sleep 5;ipfw list" gives over > > 50 packets (both cases counting ACKS). > > > > Is there a way to speed things up? The versions of ssh I am using are: > > local(client): OpenSSH_2.9 FreeBSD localisations 20010713 > > remote(server): OpenSSH_2.9 FreeBSD localisations 20010713 > > > > The server is running -STABLE cvsupped some 25 days ago, the client is > > cvsupped this week. > > > > Arguments to ssh were "-v -C -l username". Server only supports > > protocol version 2. > > > > Thanks! > > Alex > > > > ------------+------------------------------------------ > > Alex Popa, | "Artificial Intelligence is > > razor@ldc.ro| no match for Natural Stupidity" > > ------------+------------------------------------------ > > "It took the computing power of three C-64s to fly to the Moon. > > It takes a 486 to run Windows 95. Something is wrong here." > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message ------------+------------------------------------------ Alex Popa, | "Artificial Intelligence is razor@ldc.ro| no match for Natural Stupidity" ------------+------------------------------------------ "It took the computing power of three C-64s to fly to the Moon. It takes a 486 to run Windows 95. Something is wrong here." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message