On Mar 10, 2011 12:27 PM, <peasth...@shaw.ca> wrote: > > Hello Jason, > > From: Jason Hsu <jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com> > Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:56:32 -0600 > > What is your favorite alternative and why? Implicit FTPS? SFTP? FTP over SSH? Or something else? > > Another possibility is to firewall your LAN and use an ftp > with satisfactory features. You will find that plain FTP > and telnet are faster than any SSH. Significant if you use > the connections several times a day. Of course, if the > connection is rarely used, responsiveness is no concern. > >
Ok, my gut tells me that plain text protocols might be faster than encrypted ones. However, I have no data to back this up and have never noticed 'significant' differences between rsync and rsync+ssh. Do you have this benchmark or are you just going by gut reaction too?
