[PATCH] Added NoDelay config option and nodelay subsystem option

[Nicolas Williams]

On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 03:47:03PM -0800, Kevin Steves wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Tobias Ringstrom wrote:
> for the ssh transport connection, we use nagle by default only if it is a
> session channel with a pty and shell or exec channel
> 
> other channel types would cause connection to be nodelay on both sides (as
> determined and set by ssh and sshd)

Forwarded SSH agents should not require TCP_NODELAY. Forwarded TCP ports
in general, and forwarded X11 displays specifically, should.

Turning off Nagle when a non-agent forwarded port is opened would be a
simple patch.

> nodelay yes/no would be available to change default for pty,shell,exec
> only behavior.

Yeah.

Nico
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