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List:       secure-shell
Subject:    Re: ssh .vs. rsh
From:       Sasha <spamit () mail ! com>
Date:       2004-01-30 7:49:20
Message-ID: TheMailAgent.dee54c1f97b296 () 5cd3fc4e82c388ed682
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On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Atro Tossavainen wrote:
> > If you're not worried about encrypting the X session then just turn off
> > the cypher or select none on your client.  The login is still encrypted.
>
> You're mistaken.  If you select the "none" cipher, nothing is encrypted.
If you are using a private key for authentication than it is secure to
use none cipher -- your password protects your key and is never
transferred to the server.

BTW: http://www.eskimo.com/~weidai/benchmarks.html
Looks like even 3DES can encrypt ~10 MB/s on a recent computer, so
probably encryption can not be a bottleneck.

Regards,
ASK
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