[PATCH] Add scp -1 and -2 options to OpenSSH-3.0.2p1

[Ed Phillips]

On 29 Jan 2002, Sturle Sunde wrote:

> Date: 29 Jan 2002 17:01:42 +0100
> From: Sturle Sunde <sturle.sunde at usit.uio.no>
> To: Markus Friedl <markus at openbsd.org>
> Cc: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add scp -1 and -2 options to OpenSSH-3.0.2p1
>
> Markus Friedl <markus at openbsd.org> writes:
> > On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 11:55:03AM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> >> Previously Markus Friedl wrote:
> >>> why do you need -1 and -2?
> >> Users want it, and it's very useful in situations where you need
> >> to specifiy the version due to existing keys, old servers, etc.
> > hm, should there be an extra option for 0.0001% of all
> > use cases.
>
> It's usualy far more than that, since you have other authentication
> options availiable for SSH-1.  And particularly for scp I like to use
> SSH-1 on fast local networks, since its's secure enough for most
> purposes, and much faster than SSH-2.

We use OpenSSH 2.9.9p2 scp and it has been at least 2-3 times faster than
ssh-1.2.27 ever was - as far as the data transfer goes.  The initial
"setup the connection" times are much slower for us in v2, but scp
transfers of any significant size (>1MB or so) makes up for it.  I always
wondered why ssh-1.2.27 was so SLOW... but just accepted it as the best we
had at the time.

	Ed

Ed Phillips <ed at udel.edu> University of Delaware (302) 831-6082
Systems Programmer III, Network and Systems Services
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