On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 08:33:39PM +0200, Chris Amthor wrote:
> What does v7 mean? Does it refer to CPU-feature related code like ISSE
> or MMX on intel Hardware?

Sparc v7 hardware can not do multiplication or division in hardware.
An SS2 should fall into this category.

> On the RS/6000 I'm running a precompiled binary of OpenSSH. I found a
> .bff somewhere on the net. On sun hardware (or better: on everything
> running NetBSD), I install from pkgsrc. Although compile times on the
> SS2 can be a pain in the ass...

Compiling with gcc should give comparable results. The Sun compiler is
far better at producing fast code.

> Well, actually I'm using the same keys. Is that OK to fit these needs?

Not quite - it depends on the sshd configuration too. But if both is from
pkgsrc, you should get the same defaults.

> Yes, for sure. Never argued about that. But telnet would also speed
> things up a bit, right?

Right. But since I don't have kerberos setup I don't use telnet, not even at
low-threat networks. Ok, to be honest I use it in one case to access a
console server in a pretty secure network environment.

Martin