I agree with everything Cory said, with one exception.

Cory Petkovsek wrote:

> Here's my alias:
> 
> alias ssh='ssh -c blowfish -X -C'
> 
> -C means compress before sending it over the line, a good idea!

-C will actually slow the ssh connection down over local ethernet.  It
takes longer to compress/decompress the data stream than it does to
transmit the uncompressed data.

But for anything slower than 10 Mbps, -C is a win.

> On some systems I have part of X installed so I can install X
> programs that use X libraries, however X is neither running nor even
> configured on those servers.

Me, too.

-- 
Bob Miller                              K<bob>
kbobsoft software consulting
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