[PATCH] Using TCP_NODELAY unconditionally

[Rick Jones]

Nicolas Williams wrote:
> But SSH is not all about forwarding other protocols. It's also
> about character-based interactive sessions.

True. My discussion about setting TCP_NODELAY was for the case when
sshis operating as a forwarder. If ssh is operating as an end
application itself, then a different set of rules/heuristics may apply.

The purist in me would say that if ssh is operating as an
end-application (pseudo-source if you will) then its default behaviour
should be to _not_ enable TCP_NODELAY. My reasoning is that if ssh is
receiving data from something "well behaved" it will not matter, and if
it is receiving data from something _not_ well behaved, it will make a
huge difference in the network overhead.

rick jones
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