On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 09:59:35AM +0200, Daniel K. Gebhart wrote: > > Using ssh to login to my Sun SS4 is really slow. I have found some > > information here and there that makes me want to recompile libssl. > > I've also got a SS4. But there is NetBSD running on it. (SSH runs quit > fast on it.)
I tried OpenBSD and although I liked it, the SS4 is too slow for me having to deal with source distribution for everything. Besides since I use the Sparc as a gateway, I like to use Debian for it's easier and hence in my case safer and more secure admininstration. > > What is the easy solution to make ssh a bit faster on sun4m? > > Use the -C when opening an ssh session. > ssh -C -l user host. The -C option deals with compression if I am not mistaken. Perhaps I wasn't clear in my original message, but once the session is established I have no problem at all. It's the process of logging in that takes 10 seconds or so. As I understand it, Debian compiles ssl to work on very old hardware as well. This disables support for some features on newer hardware. Crypto seems to suffer from that. I did compile libssl but I believe I have basically the same binary because of not supplying the right parms (or in the right place). Ofcourse I forgot to exactly time before and after installing a new version of libssl, so I can't be sure. Maybe this is the best possible performance I can get. How long does it take to establish a session on a local network using ssh? I compare to i386 systems and there is a world of difference. Bob
