Re: SSH and compression

["nate" <debian-user@aphroland.org>]

<quote who="Paul Johnson">
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> Just curious, but does enabling compression make it easier, harder or
> about the same difficulty to crack data from an SSH connection?
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> Just sort of my random curiosity for the night...


i dont think SSH's compression should affect security either way.
I use it mostly out of habbit, it can sometimes improve the responsiveness
of a connection.

I would expect if compression did affect SSH's security it would
be documented and well known ...

nate





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