Hi Peter, You want a "null cipher" for the data transport after authentication. My understanding is that this is possible, but you need to recompile OpenSSH.
Austin On 9/27/07, Peter Daum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > ... maybe a little heretic: is there any way to tell ssh to forward data > without any encryption. (or using some very "light" cipher)? > > I am experimenting with a central backup server that will get data from > many hosts at the same time via rsync+ssh. > While I am very concerned about access control (thus ssh/public key > authentification), the data is transfered over a network that can't > easily be eavesdropped, so the data encryption would be expendable. > After doing some tests, it looks like the additional CPU load caused > by data encryption might be too much ... > > Regards, > Peter Daum > > P.S.: I had posted this question before; as I just noticed, > it was rejected with the comment > "Please tell the list which version and vendor of SSH you are using" > The machines in question (all Linux) run different versions of openssh > (version 4.1 ..4.7, Suse, Debian,or self-compiled); I hadn't noticed > a new option regarding this issue in newer versions ... > >
