[geeks] Network Slowness

[Sridhar Ayengar]

der Mouse wrote:
>>>> OpenSSH SFTP using Blowfish ciphers.
>>> SSH has a massive overhead in processing,
>> Massive enough to slow a 1000Mbps connection to below 50Mbps?  No
>> way.
> 
> Look into it before you make pronouncements like that. :)

Ok.  I have used these *same machines* running on the *same OS loads* 
with 100Mbps FDDI cards instead of gigabit ethernet cards and gotten 
better performance (2x faster) than I am getting now, *using OpenSSH*.

Peace...  Sridhar