On Tue, 12 May 1998, Jules Bean wrote: : Hi there...
[ snip ] : Now, on the Pentium, everything runs nicely. On the 486, it can take : 10-15 *minutes* to complete an ssl-telnet connection. It gets as far as : : njm25# telnet blueberry.jellybean.co.uk : Trying 194.88.75.31... : Connected to blueberry.jellybean.co.uk. : Escape character is '^]'. : Generating temp (512 bit) RSA key ... : : And hangs there for a good 10-15 minutes (I haven't timed it ;-) Ouch. I've noticed ssl to be slow on 486s, but not that slow. On the other hand, I had some general weirdness problems with SSLTelnet. For secure connections, I now use ssh. Have you tried that? It'd be interesting to see whether that performs any better. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]