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Re: ssh-vs-rsh benchmark result



On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp> wrote...

: Hi,
: 
: I've tried running ssh and rsh on a local cluster, for your interest.
: 
: The experiment was ran on 60 nodes of a idle PC cluster,
: each node is a dual-Pentium III 1GHz, memory 512MB,
: interconnected with 100BASE-TX connection.

ssh, by default, uses the "3des" cipher, which may have extra
overhead.

You may like to try re-running your statistics using the "blowfish" cipher.

From the "ssh" manpage:

     blowfish is a fast block cipher, it appears very secure and is
     much faster than 3des



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