On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:12:46 +0100
comfooc <comfooc%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> Hi,
> few weeks ago i made some test using scp.
> Systems were out of the box.
> Machine 1 : OpenBSD; P3 500Mhz; 192Mram; 10Mbps;
> Machine 2 : tripleboot :OpenBSD, Linux, NetBSD; P3 750Mhz, 512Mram,
> 100Mbps;
>
> Transfers were:
> Machine 1 <=average 800KBps=> Machine 2 : Linux
> Machine 1 <=average 550KBps=> Machine 2 : NetBSD
> Machine 1 <=average 950KBps=> Machine 2 : OpenBSD
>
> What might caused that low transfer? How to improve it?
> Cheers...
>
What version of NetBSD? What kind of network link connected the
machines? What ciphers did ssh use between the two machines? All of
these affect the answer...
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb