On 26/03/2020 17:36, Philipp Marek wrote: > How about using ControlMaster et al? > > That might make sense for all other hosts, too... Yes, I do use ControlMaster, as well as ControlPersist. All of these help. I'd still like to be able to control the TCP connect timeout when using a proxy. That's my original question. Regards, Anand