Re: scp performance

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:12:46 +0100
comfooc <comfooc%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

> Hi,
> few weeks ago i made some test using scp.
> Systems were out of the box.
> Machine 1 : OpenBSD; P3 500Mhz; 192Mram; 10Mbps;
> Machine 2 : tripleboot :OpenBSD, Linux, NetBSD; P3 750Mhz, 512Mram,
> 100Mbps;
> 
> Transfers were:
> Machine 1 <=average 800KBps=> Machine 2 : Linux
> Machine 1 <=average 550KBps=> Machine 2 : NetBSD
> Machine 1 <=average 950KBps=> Machine 2 : OpenBSD
> 
> What might caused that low transfer? How to improve it?
> Cheers...
> 

What version of NetBSD?  What kind of network link connected the
machines?  What ciphers did ssh use between the two machines?  All of
these affect the answer...


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb