[PATCH] Using TCP_NODELAY unconditionally

[Nicolas Williams]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 11:37:54AM -0800, Rick Jones wrote:
> Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > 
> > So you're arguing against channel-level Nagle in SSHv2? Is it too
> > complex?
> 
> I guess what I am driving at is that unless there are gratuitous things
> being done by SSH to further break-up the data it is forwarding, setting
> TCP_NODELAY will "preserve" the on-the-wire appearance of the
> applications at either end. It does not matter if they set TCP_NODELAY
> or if they did not.

But SSH is not all about forwarding other protocols. It's also
about character-based interactive sessions.

[...]

> rick jones
> -- 


Cheers,

Nico
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