Re: SSH2 Encryption

[Thomas Thurman <thomas@thurman.org.uk>]

On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Robert van der Meulen wrote:
> Quoting Anne Carasik (gator@cacr.caltech.edu):
> > This one time, Jeff Bonner wrote:
> > > 3) Any reason you *wouldn't* want to use compression in SSH?
> > 
> > Yes, if you're going over a high speed line, no reason to use
> > compression. If you're connecting through a slow line (like a
> > modem), use compression.
> 
> I'm assuming you're meaning 'trustable' high speed line here. My data isn't
> worth one bit less because it's travelling over dark fiber :) 

I don't understand how that follows. If you're using SSH, what difference
does it make whether you trust the line?

I can see how [speed of line] and [whether to use compression] are
related, and how [trustedness of line] and [whether to use encryption] are
related. But I don't see how anyone could say that "If your data's going
over a high-speed line, there's no reason to use compression" should be
better written by replacing "high-speed line" with "trusted high-speed
line".

T


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