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Re: ssltelnet *very* slow on a 486...



On Tue, 12 May 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote:

> On Tue, 12 May 1998, Jules Bean wrote:
> 
> : Hi there...
> 
> [ snip ]
> 
> : Now, on the Pentium, everything runs nicely.  On the 486, it can take
> : 10-15 *minutes* to complete an ssl-telnet connection.  It gets as far as 
> : 
> : njm25# telnet blueberry.jellybean.co.uk
> : Trying 194.88.75.31...
> : Connected to blueberry.jellybean.co.uk.
> : Escape character is '^]'.
> : Generating temp (512 bit) RSA key ...
> : 
> : And hangs there for a good 10-15 minutes (I haven't timed it ;-)
> 
> Ouch.  I've noticed ssl to be slow on 486s, but not that slow.  On the
> other hand, I had some general weirdness problems with SSLTelnet.  For
> secure connections, I now use ssh.  Have you tried that?  It'd be
> interesting to see whether that performs any better.

Yup.  ssh works fine.  No delays at all, really - so that's what I'm using
:)

Jules

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