Feature request: more information sent to ProxyCommand

Daniel Kahn Gillmor dkg at fifthhorseman.net
Wed Dec 15 15:18:54 EST 2010


On 12/14/2010 06:32 PM, Daniel Colascione wrote:
> I use ProxyCommand is connect to several servers, but the command
> executed doesn't know the difference between being called for ssh or
> scp; in the latter case, I'd like to set QoS bits so the traffic is
> flagged as bulk. Would it be possible to send additional information to
> the proxy command so it can make better decisions about how to relay its
> traffic?

I think this suggestion dovetails nicely with a feature request i opened
several months ago:

  https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1766

Unfortunately, i haven't had a chance to implement it.  If someone
offers a patch, i'd be happy to review, test, and give feedback, though.

	--dkg

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