I also ran into the same problem on LUbuntu 10.04, which increases big file transfers times with hours.
Could it be that sftp from Nautilus selects a different cipher for its encryption? Presumably des (the default protocol 1 cipher), judging from the speed drop compared to plain sftp? For full details see this posting: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12275118#post12275118 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250517 Title: gvfs performs slowly on bulk sftp transfers To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/glib/+bug/250517/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs