Bug#1006282: ITP: hpnssh -- High Performance OpenSSH

[rapier <rapier@psc.edu>]

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Owner: rapier@psc.edu


Mentors,

* Package name	  : hpnssh
  Version         : 16.1
  Upstream Author : Chris Rapier
* URL             : https://github.com/rapier1/openssh-portable
  License         : BSD
  Description     : A fork of OpenSSH with enhanced performance and
                    functionality
  Website         : https://www.psc.edu/hpn-ssh-home

HPNSSH was first developed around 15 years ago to address significant 
performance issue in OpenSSH due to undersized buffers in the 
implementation of SSHv2. Throughput performance gains of two orders of 
magnitude were common. Since then additional functionality includes:
* resumption of failed SCP transfers
* the use of none/null encryption after authentication for data transfers
* A threaded AES-CTR cipher implementation
* OOB reporting on TCP stack instruments for diagnostics
* Various performance enhancements

On well tuned 10Gb connected hosts throughput rates of more than 8Gb/s 
are possible.

HPNSSH uses different naming nomenclature in order to allow for side by 
side installation with OpenSSH.

Current development work has been support by a grant for the National 
Science Foundation and is being conducted at the Pittsburgh 
Supercomputing Center which is part of Carnegie Mellon University.