On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:12 AM, David Dyer-Bennet <d...@dd-b.net> wrote: > > On Thu, May 20, 2010 19:44, Freddie Cash wrote: >> And you can always patch OpenSSH with HPN, thus enabling the NONE >> cipher, >> which disable encryption for the data transfer (authentication is always >> encrypted). And twiddle the internal buffers that OpenSSH uses to improve >> transfer rates, especially on 100 Mbps or faster links. > > Ah! I've been wanting that for YEARS. Very glad to hear somebody has > done it.
ssh-1 has had the 'none' cipher from day one, though it looks like openssh has removed it at some point. Fixing the buffers seems to be a nice tweak though. > With the common use of SSH for for moving bulk data (under rsync as well), > this is a really useful idea. Of course one should think about where one I think there's a certain assumption that using ssh = safe, and by enabling a none cipher you break that assumption. All of us know better, but less experienced admins may not. -B -- Brandon High : bh...@freaks.com _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
