Re: Network Slowdowns?

["Miguel Figueiredo Mascarenhas Sousa Filipe" <miguel.filipe@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/12/06, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 09:47:56AM +0100, Miguel Figueiredo Mascarenhas Sousa Filipe wrote:
> > Just to add that the fastest ssh ciphers I've tested are:
> > blowfish-cbc
>
> Good alternative to AES for most applications and often much faster.
>
> > arcfour
>
> Be careful when using RC4. As it is stream chiffre, it should be used
> with care on untrusted networks. They have the major issue of allowing
> pretty precise blind corruption, against which the ssh checksum is only
> a partial protection.
>
> ``openssl speed XXX'' is your friend :-)

yes!
although I've read some while ago, that openssh seems to implement
itseft a few ciphers instead of relying on openssl. :-]


> Joerg


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Miguel Sousa Filipe